How long does it take to read The Family Under the Bridge?
Natalie Savage Carlson
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson takes about 1 hour 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1958. 99 pages, about 27,225 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them. But the children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realize that he had gotten himself a ready-made family -- one that he loved with all his heart, and one for whom he would have to find a better home than the bridge. Armand and the children's adventures around Paris -- complete with gypsies and a Santa Claus -- make a story which children will treasure.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Tramps, Family, Gypsies, Etiology
