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How long does it take to read Antony and Cleopatra?

William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 49 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1734. 208 pages, about 57,200 words. Written for young adults.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 21 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 49 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 23 minutes

The page count is the median across 949 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare's greatest female characters--the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and duty . . . between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony And Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare's supreme achievements.From the Paperback edition.and the narrator vinay has explained what the intension in the relationship between antony and cleopatra

Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
  • suicide
  • war

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Subjects: Antonius, Marcus,, Bibliography, Drama, Dramatic production, English Young adult drama, Fiction

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