How long does it take to read The Lilies of the Field?
William E. Barrett
The Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett takes about 2 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 20 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1962. 127 pages, about 34,925 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Homer Smith is hired by East German nuns to first help build a chapel. A school then other buildings are constructed. Smith, or “Schmidt” as he is called by the nuns, is an angel sent by God. Mother Maria conducts tours of the buildings. There is a painting of a saint who has a remarkable resemblance to "Homer Schmidt" on the wall of the chapel. Mother Maria remarks that Schmidt is “a man of great faith, of great devotion."
Subjects: Fiction, African Americans, chapel, school, faith, devotion
