How long does it take to read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle?
a novel
David Wroblewski
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski takes about 13 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 34 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 740 pages, about 203,500 words.
28 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is epitomized by Almondine, Edgar's lifelong friend and ally. But with the unexpected return of Claude, Edgar's paternal uncle, turmoil consumes the Sawtelles' once peaceful home. When Edgar's father dies suddenly, Claude insinuates himself into the life of the farm--and into Edgar's mother's affections. Grief-stricken and bewildered, Edgar tries to prove Claude played a role in his father's death, but his plan backfires--spectacularly. Forced to flee into the vast wilderness lying beyond the farm, Edgar comes of age in the wild, fighting for his survival and that of the three yearling dogs who follow him. But his need to face his father's murderer and his devotion to the Sawtelle dogs turn Edgar ever homeward. David Wroblewski is a master storyteller, and his breathtaking scenes--the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain--create a riveting family saga, a brilliant exploration of the limits of language, and a compulsively readable modern classic.
Subjects: Fiction, Speech disorders in fiction, Human-animal relationships, Speech disorders, Fratricide in fiction, Human-animal relationships in fiction
