How long does it take to read The Once and Future King?
The Once and Future King by T. H. White takes about 11 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 59 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1939. 654 pages, about 179,850 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 81 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
T. H. White's fantasy sequence retells the legend of King Arthur, drawing loosely on Sir Thomas Malory's older account. Set in Gramarye, White's name for Britain, it begins in the last years of King Uther Pendragon's reign. The boy Arthur, called Wart, grows up in the household of his foster father, Sir Ector, alongside his foster brother Kay. The wizard Merlyn, who lives backward through time, tutors him by turning him into creatures such as a fish, a hawk and a badger. Each transformation teaches him a lesson about what a good king should be.
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Subjects: Adaptations, Arthur,, Arthur, in fiction, Arthurian romances, Britons, Britons in fiction
