How long does it take to read Watership Down?
Escape to the Hills
Watership Down by Richard Adams, Judy Allen takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1999. 48 pages, about 13,200 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Hazel, Bigwig, Pipkin, Fiver and Blackberry flee their warren afer Fiver's premonition of impending destruction. They eventually reach their promised land at Watership Down after a tiring, exciting and, at times, life-threatening adventure. Then, Holly, from their old waren arrives, wounded. Television tie-in novel.
Subjects: quest mythos, rabbits, pilgrimage, visions, prophecy, Juvenile fiction
