How long does it take to read An Ideal Husband?
a play.
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde takes about 2 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 55 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1899. 159 pages, about 43,725 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 56 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past."
Subjects: Drama, Promptbooks, Fiction, Psychology, English drama
