How long does it take to read The Day Boy and the Night Girl?
The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George MacDonald takes about 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1904. 40 pages, about 11,000 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A curse from a witch decrees that a boy will never wake at night nor sleep during the day; while a girl is doomed never to sleep at night nor wake during the day, until a twist of fate brings them together.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Juvenile fiction, Classics, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Christianity - Literature & the Arts, Religion
