How long does it take to read Stanley?
Stanley by Syd Hoff takes about 1 hour 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 10 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1962. 64 pages, about 17,600 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chased away by the other cavemen because he is different, Stanley finds a new and better way of living.
Subjects: Self-confidence, Juvenile fiction, Prehistoric peoples, Fiction, Cave dwellers, Children's stories
