How long does it take to read Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock Quire?
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Under the Greenwood Tree or, The Mellstock Quire by Thomas Hardy takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1872. 221 pages, about 60,775 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 425 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Under the Greenwood Tree is the story of the romantic entanglement between church musician, Dick Dewey, and the attractive new school mistress, Fancy Day. A pleasant romantic tale set in the Victorian era, Under the Greenwood Tree is one of Thomas Hardy's most gentle and pastoral novels.
Subjects: Wessex (england), fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Teachers, fiction, Musicians, fiction, Choirs (Music), Women teachers
