How long does it take to read The Optimist's Daughter?
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty takes about 3 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 185 pages, about 50,875 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel, a widow who returns to Mississippi when her father is ill and witnesses his death and funeral. From there, she embarks on a deeply personal journey to explore her past and her family in order to make sense of her future.
Subjects: Fiction, Mississippi in fiction, Funeral rites and ceremonies in fiction, Death, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Fathers
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