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Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 1868 · 185,824 words
8:34:52
at 400 wpm · the whole book
The audiobook runs about nineteen and a half hours.

Summary coming soon.

47 chapters · begin at the beginning
1Playing Pilgrims11:24begin ▸
·2A Merry Christmas11:16sealed
·3The Laurence Boy11:01sealed
·4Burdens13:01sealed
·5Being Neighborly12:29sealed
·6Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful7:28sealed
·7Amy’s Valley of Humiliation7:18sealed
·8Jo Meets Apollyon11:48sealed
·9Meg Goes to Vanity Fair17:26sealed
·10The P.C. and P.O.9:17sealed
·11Experiments11:44sealed
·12Camp Laurence20:31sealed
·13Castles in the Air9:49sealed
·14Secrets9:26sealed
·15A Telegram9:11sealed
·16Letters7:57sealed
·17Little Faithful7:27sealed
·18Dark Days9:02sealed
·19Amy’s Will8:56sealed
·20Confidential7:29sealed
·21Laurie Makes Mischief, and Jo Makes Peace12:26sealed
·22Pleasant Meadows6:53sealed
·23Aunt March Settles the Question11:56sealed
·24Gossip12:01sealed
·25The First Wedding6:46sealed
·26Artistic Attempts10:42sealed
·27Literary Lessons7:52sealed
·28Domestic Experiences15:55sealed
·29Calls13:29sealed
·30Consequences12:16sealed
·31Our Foreign Correspondent10:49sealed
·32Tender Troubles12:03sealed
·33Jo’s Journal13:40sealed
·34Friend16:12sealed
·35Heartache11:12sealed
·36Beth’s Secret6:04sealed
·37New Impressions11:38sealed
·38On the Shelf13:17sealed
·39Lazy Laurence14:11sealed
·40The Valley of the Shadow5:38sealed
·41Learning to Forget13:20sealed
·42All Alone8:36sealed
·43Surprises17:06sealed
·44My Lord and Lady5:18sealed
·45Daisy and Demi6:08sealed
·46Under the Umbrella14:01sealed
·47Harvest Time11:21sealed

How long does it take to read Little Women?

Little Women is 185,824 words. At an average adult reading pace of 300 words a minute that is about 10 hr 19 min, or roughly 7 hr 45 min if you read quickly and 15 hr 29 min at a more deliberate 200 words a minute.

That count is measured from the complete public-domain text rather than estimated from a page count, so you can compare all the books side by side.

Text: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1868), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. · You read at the book's authored pace; nothing here is stored anywhere but this browser. · About Midsentence