How long does it take to read A Critical History of English Literature?
David Daiches
A Critical History of English Literature by David Daiches takes about 15 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 42 minutes
A long haul
First published 1960. 856 pages, about 235,400 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From Anglo-Saxon times to the present, the poetry, prose, and dramatic achievements of each period in English literature.
Subjects: History and criticism, Littérature anglaise, Histoire et critique
