How many pages is The Awakening?

187 pages, which is about 56,000 words and 3½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.

How long is The Awakening audiobook?

About 6 hrs, estimated from the 56,000 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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The Awakening

Name: The Awakening
Author: Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

3½ hrsto read

5.2worth it

At your speed≈ 3½ hrs

Pages187

Audiobook≈ 6 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

187 pages works out to roughly 56,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 3½ hrs — a day's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.53 out of 5, from 304 ratings.

Worth-it score 5.2/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 4.9 (Hardcover's 3.53★ from 304 ratings) + length 0.3 = 5.2. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Awakening?

The Awakening is 187 pages, or roughly 56,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Awakening at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	5½ hrs
Average	250	3½ hrs
Fast	400	2½ hrs

Estimated at about 300 words per page. 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 6 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Awakening?: About 3½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The Awakening runs 187 pages, roughly 56,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 5½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 2½ hrs.
How many pages is The Awakening?: 187 pages, which is about 56,000 words and 3½ hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is The Awakening worth reading?: We score it 5.2 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.53 out of 5 from 304 ratings, which counts for 4.9; at about 3½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.3 for being short.
How long is The Awakening audiobook?: About 6 hrs, estimated from the 56,000 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

When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin's daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the…

confines of her domestic situation. Aside from its unusually frank treatment of a then-controversial subject, the novel is widely admired today for its literary qualities. Edmund Wilson characterized it as a work "quite uninhibited and beautifully written, which anticipates D. H. Lawrence in its treatment of infidelity." Although the theme of marital infidelity no longer shocks, few novels have plumbed the psychology of a woman involved in an illicit relationship with the perception, artistry, and honesty that Kate Chopin brought to The Awakening.

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