How many pages is Little Women?

About 818 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 186,274 words, about 12½ hrs of reading at an average pace.

Is Little Women worth reading?

We score it 6.2 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.94 out of 5 from 1,526 ratings, which counts for 6.6; at about 12½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.4 for its length.

How long is the Little Women audiobook?

About 20½ hrs, estimated from the 186,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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Little Women

Name: Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

12½ hrsto read

6.2worth it

At your speed≈ 12½ hrs

Pages818

Audiobook≈ 20½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 186,274 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 12½ hrs — a week or more of evenings.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.94 out of 5, from 1,526 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.2/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 6.6 (Hardcover's 3.94★ from 1,526 ratings) − length 0.4 = 6.2. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Little Women?

The complete text of Little Women runs to 186,274 words — about 818 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Little Women at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	17½ hrs
Average	250	12½ hrs
Fast	400	8 hrs

Counted word for word from the complete public-domain text on Project Gutenberg, so these times don't depend on any one edition's page count. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 20½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Little Women?: About 12½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Little Women runs to 186,274 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 17½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 8 hrs.
How many pages is Little Women?: About 818 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 186,274 words, about 12½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is Little Women worth reading?: We score it 6.2 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.94 out of 5 from 1,526 ratings, which counts for 6.6; at about 12½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.4 for its length.
How long is the Little Women audiobook?: About 20½ hrs, estimated from the 186,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of…

sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louisa May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth- century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.

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