How long does it take to read The Outsider?
The Outsider by Penelope Williamson takes about 9 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 24 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1996. 513 pages, about 141,075 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
After Rachel Yoder's husband is murdered by outlaws in an act of outrageous greed, she must raise her 10-year-old son alone on the Montana Plains. One day, a handsome stranger dying from a gunshot wound walks into her ranch. With simple kindness, she treats his injury and nurses him back to health. Soon Rachel finds herself drawn to this mysterious outsider with a violent past--and must put her future on the line for a last chance at happiness.
Subjects: Amish, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical fiction, Love stories, Man-woman relationships
