How long does it take to read Antigone?
a tragedy
Jean Anouilh
Antigone by Jean Anouilh takes about 1 hour 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1782. 96 pages, about 26,400 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 75 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Apre s Sophocle, J. Anouilh reprend le mythe d'Antigone. Fille d'Oedipe et de Jocaste, la jeune Antigone est en re volte contre la loi humaine qui interdit d'enterrer le corps de son fre re Polynice. Pre sente e sous l'Occupation en 1944, cette pie ce met en sce ne l'absolu d'un personnage en re volte face au pouvoir, a l'injustice et a la me diocrite .
Subjects: Antigone, Antigone (Greek mythology), Critique et interprétation, Drama, French drama, Play Collection
