How long does it take to read Under the Sea-wind?
a naturalist's picture of ocean life
Under the Sea-wind by Rachel Carson, C. M. Hebert takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1941. 239 pages, about 65,725 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 47 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Rachel Carson--pioneering environmentalist and author of Silent Spring--opens our eyes to the wonders of the natural world in her groundbreaking paean to the sea. 2016 marks the 75th Anniversary of the publication of Under the Sea-Wind. Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, Under the Sea-Wind--Rachel Carson's first book and her personal favorite--is the early masterwork of one of America's greatest nature writers. Evoking the special mystery and beauty of the shore and the open sea--its limitless vistas and twilight depths--Carson's astonishingly intimate, unforgettable portrait captures the delicate negotiations of an ingeniously calibrated ecology.--'Under the Sea-Wind' presents a naturalist's picture of ocean life. This book is her breathtaking canvas of the fierce, competitive struggle for life takes place along the shore, in the open sea, and along the sea bottom. Linda Lear provides a new introduction.
Subjects: Marine biology, Atlantic Ocean, Marine biology, atlantic ocean, Biologie marine, Océan Atlantique, Biology
