How long does it take to read The Man Who Loved Children?
Christina Stead
The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead takes about 9 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 40 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1940. 527 pages, about 144,925 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After ten years of marriage, Sam and Henny Pollit find themselves with too many children, insufficient money, and an abundant loathing for each other.
Subjects: Fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, family life, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, general, Family problems, Fiction
