A Separate Peace
★ 4.0 avg
379 votes
About this book
Gene Forrester looks back fifteen years to a World War II year in which he and his best friend were roommates in a New hampshire boarding school.
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 379 readers · 218 pages · ≈ 4 h 02 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read A Separate Peace?
About ≈ 4 h 02 m — 218 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is A Separate Peace?
218 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is A Separate Peace?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Has A Separate Peace been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include A Separate Peace (1972).
Is A Separate Peace in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote A Separate Peace?
John Knowles.
🏆 Awards
The New York Times Best Seller list
“As the novel opens, Gene Forrester returns to Devon, the New Hampshire boarding school he attended during World War II.”