How long does it take to read The Black Cauldron?
The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of The Chronicles of Prydain
Previous: The Book of Three Next: The Castle of Llyr
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1965. 224 pages, about 61,600 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 60 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.
Subjects: Courage, Fantasy, Good and evil, Heroes, Juvenile fiction, Prydain (Imaginary place)
