How long does it take to read A Glossary of Literary Terms?
A Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. Abrams takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 222 pages, about 61,050 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A series of brief essays defining and illustrating literary terms in alphabetical sequence.
Subjects: Terminology, Criticism, Terms and phrases, Literary form, Dictionaries, Terminologie
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