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Far From the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Far From the Madding Crowd, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 400
- Reading time
- ≈ 7 h 20 min
- Checkpoints
- 16
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read Far From the Madding Crowd?
At 400 pages, Far From the Madding Crowd is a fairly long book. Expect about 7 hours 20 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 15 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 6 reading days. For a book of this length (400 to 599 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 5.3 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day15 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)6 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 16 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 25
- Checkpoint 2, page 50
- Checkpoint 3, page 75
- Checkpoint 4, page 100
- Checkpoint 5, page 125
- Checkpoint 6, page 150
- Checkpoint 7, page 175
- Checkpoint 8, page 200
- Checkpoint 9, page 225
- Checkpoint 10, page 250
- Checkpoint 11, page 275
- Checkpoint 12, page 300
- Checkpoint 13, page 325
- Checkpoint 14, page 350
- Checkpoint 15, page 375
- Checkpoint 16, page 400
In Vread, Far From the Madding Crowd is split into 16 checkpoints, one every 25 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 16 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Example: the checkpoint 1 question
Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
What instrument does Gabriel Oak play during his leisure moments as a shepherd?
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
Public-domain work. The answer, and the following questions, unlock in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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