How long does it take to read The Call of the Wild?
The Call of the Wild by Mitsu Yamamoto, Jack London takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 239 pages, about 65,725 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 | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In a specially adapted version for young readers by Mitsu Yamamoto When gold is discovered in the Klondike, Buck is snatched away from his life of ease and comfort and forced into a life of great hardships as a sled dog in the Far North. He is shocked at the brutality he meets with from both men and dogs, but gradually his body and his attitudes change, and he begins to adapt to the strenuous life and icy weather. Bucks adoption by the one man he really loves brings out strengths within himself and develops a toughness and cunning needed not only to survive, but to enable him to become the biggest and best of sled dogs, famed throughout Alaska. Then, when the time comes for Buck to leave man’s world, he is ready to answer “the call of the wild.” —back cover
Subjects: Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, Dogs, Fiction, Action and adventure fiction, Adaptations
