How long does it take to read The Awakening?
The Awakening by Kate Chopin takes about 2h 20m to read — it is 128 pages.

Reading plans
- 15 minutes a day → 10 days
- 30 minutes a day → 5 days
- 60 minutes a day → 3 days
Estimated at an average adult reading pace (~250 words per minute, ~275 words per page). Actual time varies with reading speed and edition.
At 128 pages it is longer than 29% of the 1,407 assigned books we track, and its Lexile measure is 960L (typically assigned in grades 11–12).
Assigned books of about the same length
- Antigone — 128 pages, about 2h 20m
- The Old Man and the Sea — 128 pages, about 2h 20m
- The Crucible — 143 pages, about 2h 35m
- Animal Farm — 112 pages, about 2h 5m
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