How long does it take to read The Sleeper and the Spindle?
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman takes about 1 hour 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 19 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2014. 72 pages, about 19,800 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom.
Subjects: Adaptations, Juvenile fiction, Quests (Expeditions), Fairy tales, Search and rescue operations, Princesses
