How long does it take to read The Sword in the Stone?
The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The Once and Future King
Next: The Queen of Air and Darkness
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1938. 288 pages, about 79,200 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 74 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Merlyn the magician comes to tutor Sir Ector's sons Kay and the Wart, schoolwork suddenly becomes much more fun. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake? But Merlyn has very particular plans for the Wart. This is the children's story of King Arthur's childhood which was the basis for the still popular Disney cartoon of the same title.
Subjects: Adaptations, Arthurian romances, Britons, Children's stories, Fiction, Folklore
