How long does it take to read Swallows and Amazons?
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome takes about 6 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Swallows and Amazons series
Next: Swallowdale
About 6 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1930. 362 pages, about 99,550 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 84 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is one of the finest books for children, both boys and girls. In 1928, four children, aged 7 to 12 (?), whose father is in the navy, vacation with their mother and baby sister on a lake in the north of England. They borrow a 13' sailboat (the Swallow) from the farmer with whom they are staying, and camp on an island in the lake. They meet two girls (the Amazons), about the same age, and have realistic adventures together. The first in a series of twelve books, maybe the best kids' books ever written.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Boats and boating, Children's stories, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Sailing
