How long does it take to read Thrush Green?
Thrush Green by Miss Read takes about 4 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1959. 226 pages, about 62,150 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is the first book in Miss Read's Thrush Green series. The story takes place on May Day, the day Mrs Curdle's fair comes to the Cotswold village of Thrush Green. During this day, the fair is seen through the eyes of various villagers, from young Paul, to Molly, to Ben Curdle, to Dr and Mrs Bailey, and other residents of Thrush Green.
Subjects: Country life, Thrush Green (Imaginary place), Fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, general, Thrush green (imaginary place), fiction
