How long does it take to read The Agony of Alice?
The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor takes about 2 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1985. 142 pages, about 39,050 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice decides she needs a gorgeous role model who does everything right; and when placed in homely Mrs. Plotkins's class she is greatly disappointed until she discovers it's what people are inside that counts.
Subjects: Teacher-student relationships, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Girls, fiction, Emotions, fiction
