How long does it take to read The Wonderful Adventures of Nils?
Selma Lagerlöf
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlöf takes about 6 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1907. 360 pages, about 99,000 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 68 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A selfish young boy learns humility when he is made small by an elf and flies on a long trip with wild geese.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Geese, fiction, Sweden, fiction, Children's fiction
