How long does it take to read The Outermost House?
The Outermost House by Henry Beston takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1928. 222 pages, about 61,050 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Long recognized as a classic of American nature writing. This chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach was written in longhand at the kitchen table, in a little room overlooking the North Atlantic and the dunes. In 1964, the Cape Cod house was officially proclaimed a National Literary Landmark. In 1978, a massive winter storm swept it off its foundation and out to sea.
Subjects: Biography, Birds, Description and travel, Natural history, Naturalists, Cape cod (mass.), description and travel
