How long does it take to read The Last of the Mohicans?
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper takes about 7 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 2 of Leatherstocking Tales
Previous: The Deerslayer Next: The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea
About 7 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1826. 418 pages, about 114,950 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 864 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The classic tale of Hawkeye—Natty Bumppo—the frontier scout who turned his back on "civilization," and his friendship with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters through the dangerous wilderness of Indian country in frontier America.
Subjects: Adventure stories, Ficción, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Historia, Historical fiction
