How many pages is The Secret Garden?

About 331 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 81,108 words, about 5½ hrs of reading at an average pace.

Is The Secret Garden worth reading?

We score it 6.7 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.96 out of 5 from 1,064 ratings, which counts for 6.6; at about 5½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.

How long is The Secret Garden audiobook?

About 9 hrs, estimated from the 81,000 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 Secret Garden

Name: The Secret Garden
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett

5½ hrsto read

6.7worth it

At your speed≈ 5½ hrs

Pages331

Audiobook≈ 9 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 81,108 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 5½ hrs — a weekend's reading.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.96 out of 5, from 1,064 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.7/10 — Worth the time. Readers 6.6 (Hardcover's 3.96★ from 1,064 ratings) + length 0.1 = 6.7. How the score works →

How long does it take to read The Secret Garden?

The complete text of The Secret Garden runs to 81,108 words — about 331 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for The Secret Garden at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	7½ hrs
Average	250	5½ hrs
Fast	400	3½ 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 9 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read The Secret Garden?: About 5½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of The Secret Garden runs to 81,108 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 7½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 3½ hrs.
How many pages is The Secret Garden?: About 331 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 81,108 words, about 5½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is The Secret Garden worth reading?: We score it 6.7 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 3.96 out of 5 from 1,064 ratings, which counts for 6.6; at about 5½ hrs at an average pace it earns +0.1 for being short.
How long is The Secret Garden audiobook?: About 9 hrs, estimated from the 81,000 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

Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents.…

There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night. With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.

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