How long does it take to read The Lion in the Box?
The Lion in the Box by Marguerite de Angeli takes about 1 hour 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 9 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1975. 63 pages, about 17,325 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Retells the events of a special Christmas for a poor family in New York City at the turn of the century.
Subjects: Fiction, Christmas, Juvenile fiction, Christmas stories, Children's fiction, Christmas, fiction
