How long does it take to read The Keeper of the Bees?
The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter takes about 9 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 27 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1925. 515 pages, about 141,625 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A wounded soldier- under a death sentence-finds himself taking over a sick beekeeper's garden and hives. scout, a little boy or girl!, helps him. He meets a very hurt woman. There is a baby,too. Beautifully written and an excellent book of the age. Try Freckles and Girl of the Limberlost by the same author.
Subjects: Fiction, Bee culture, Beekeepers, Fiction, general, Indiana, fiction
