How long does it take to read The CIDER HOUSE RULES?
The CIDER HOUSE RULES by John Irving takes about 10 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 58 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1985. 598 pages, about 164,450 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 42 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--obstetrician and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Clouds. It is also the story of his favorite orphan, Homer, who is never adopted.
Subjects: Physicians, fiction, Maine, fiction, Fiction, Physicians, Orphanages in fiction, Orphanages
