How long does it take to read The Scarlet Letter?
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes about 4h 20m to read — it is 238 pages.
Reading plans
- 15 minutes a day → 18 days
- 30 minutes a day → 9 days
- 60 minutes a day → 5 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 238 pages it is longer than 59% of the 1,407 assigned books we track, and its Lexile measure is 1420L (typically assigned in grades 10–12).
Assigned books of about the same length
- A Midsummer Night's Dream — 240 pages, about 4h 25m
- Matilda — 240 pages, about 4h 25m
- A Wrinkle in Time — 232 pages, about 4h 15m
- Looking for Alaska — 248 pages, about 4h 35m
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