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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 500
- Reading time
- ≈ 9 h
- Checkpoints
- 16
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
At 500 pages, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a long book. Expect about 9 hours 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 19 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 7 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 day19 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)7 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 16 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 31
- Checkpoint 2, page 63
- Checkpoint 3, page 94
- Checkpoint 4, page 125
- Checkpoint 5, page 156
- Checkpoint 6, page 188
- Checkpoint 7, page 219
- Checkpoint 8, page 250
- Checkpoint 9, page 281
- Checkpoint 10, page 313
- Checkpoint 11, page 344
- Checkpoint 12, page 375
- Checkpoint 13, page 406
- Checkpoint 14, page 438
- Checkpoint 15, page 469
- Checkpoint 16, page 500
In Vread, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is split into 16 checkpoints, one every 31 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
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
What piece of furniture is being violently rocked upon the stone floor when Tess Durbeyfield arrives home after the dance?
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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