
How long does it take to read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
by C.S. Lewis
3h 47m
56,650 words at 250 a minute
At 30 minutes a day, you would finish in about 8 days.
That is 8 sessions with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Read it with the Guild45 minutes a day would finish it in about 6 days.
This estimate uses a representative 206-page edition. Page counts can differ between editions, formats, and printings.
How many words is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is about 56,650 words, estimated from its 206 pages at about 275 words a page. At 250 words a minute, that comes to 3 hours 47 minutes.
We use 250 words a minute, not the 300 most calculators assume. A 2019 meta-analysis of 190 studies puts silent adult reading nearer 238 for non-fiction and 260 for fiction.
How many pages is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
- Catalog page count
- 206
- Edition ISBN
- 9780060764890
- Author
- C.S. Lewis
- Series
- The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order), book 1
- Genre
- fantasy, paranormal
These details come from the ReadersGuild catalog. Look up this edition on Google Books. The word count is estimated from pages, not counted from the text. Introductions, notes, and layout can affect the estimate.
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