How long does it take to read The True Story of Hansel and Gretel?
Louise Murphy
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy takes about 5 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 297 pages, about 81,675 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A retelling of the classic fairy tale, set in Nazi-occupied Poland, follows two Jewish children, left by their father and stepmother to seek refuge in a dense forest, as they wander the woods until being taken in by Magda, an eccentric old woman.
Subjects: Jewish families, Brothers and sisters, Children, Fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Jews, fiction
