How long does it take to read A Taste of Honey?
Shelagh Delaney
A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney takes about 1 hour 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1959. 87 pages, about 23,925 words. Written for young adults.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Taste of Honey tells the story of a working-class adolescent girl and her various relationships: the black sailor who gets her pregnant; the homosexual art student who moves into her apartment to help her through the pregnancy; her fun-loving and saloon-frequenting mother; and Peter, her mothers newly acquired husband.
Subjects: Plays, Drama, Interracial dating, Teenage girls, Mothers and daughters, Blood groups
