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Book 4 of Earth's Children hexalogy · 1990

The Plains of Passage

by Jean M. Auel. 917 pages, about 17 hours to read. Rated 3.9 out of 5 by 13 Open Library readers.

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How long to read The Plains of Passage

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, The Plains of Passage takes about 17 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 917 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)28 hours
200 words/min21 hours
250 words/min (average)17 hours
300 words/min14 hours
400 words/min (fast)11 hours

In the series

All 6 Earth's Children hexalogy books in order

Prehistoric peoples · Fiction · Europe, fiction · Fiction, historical, general · Primitive societies · Ayla (Fictitious character)