How long does it take to read The Light in the Forest?
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter takes about 3 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1953. 169 pages, about 46,475 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 29 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A white boy, captured by Native Americans, grows to his teens as an Indian, is then forced by treaty to return to his white family. Needless to say, he has a tremendously difficult time adjusting. Emotional conflicts arise from all sides, leading to a climactic ending.
Subjects: Delaware Indians, Delaware Indians in fiction, Fiction, Group identity, Group identity in fiction, History
