How long does it take to read The Telling?
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin takes about 4 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of Hainish Cycle
Previous: Four Ways to Forgiveness
About 4 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 264 pages, about 72,600 words. Written for children.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth will discover a group of outcasts who still practice its lost religion-the Telling. Intrigued by their beliefs, she joins them on a sacred pilgrimage into the mountains...and into the dangerous terrain of her own heart, mind, and soul.
Subjects: sci-fi, oppression, anthropology, religion, Science fiction, Children's fiction
