How long does it take to read An American Tragedy?
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser takes about 14 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1900. 791 pages, about 217,525 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 210 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
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