How long does it take to read Walking?
Walking by Henry David Thoreau takes about 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 48 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1914. 44 pages, about 12,100 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 183 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again, - if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a free man, then you are ready for a walk.Walking is an essay by American writer, naturalist and philosopher David Thoreau (1817 - 1862). Thoreau's work has made a lasting contribution to modern environmental practice, and also influenced the non-violent resistance practiced by great civilians such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
Subjects: Walking, Nature, Philosophy, Fiction, Nonfiction, Fiction, historical
