How long does it take to read The Little Mermaid?
Hans Christian Andersen, Yayoi Kusama, Bernadette Watts
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen, Yayoi Kusama, Bernadette Watts takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1935. 48 pages, about 13,200 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.
Subjects: Contes danois, Fairy tales, Mermaids, Fiction, Children's stories, Danish, Coloring books
