How long does it take to read A Dead Man in Deptford?
A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess takes about 5 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours
A weekend read
First published 1993. 273 pages, about 75,075 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The whole of Elizabethan England--from the court and its intrigue to the theatre and its genius to London and its slums--is brilliantly recreated in this joyous celebration of the life of Christopher Marlowe, killed in highly suspicious circumstances in a tavern brawl in Deptford hundreds of years ago.
Subjects: Dramatists, Dramatists, English, English Dramatists, Fiction, Biography, Social life and customs
