How long does it take to read Tanglewood Tales?
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1853. 191 pages, about 52,525 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 418 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tanglewood Tales uses the Greek classics as its source. Nathaniel Hawthorne has taken the most striking and exciting ones and adapted them for children. From the original stories he has selected episodes that illustrate conceptions held by the original authors. Titles include: "The Minotaur," "The Pygmies," "The Dragon's Teeth," "Circe's Palace," "The Pomegranate Seeds" and "The Golden Fleece."
Subjects: Classical Mythology, Mythologie ancienne, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Fiction, Children's fiction, Children's literature, American
