How long does it take to read Beginners?
Beginners by Raymond Carver takes about 3 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 173 pages, about 47,575 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The unedited version of 'What we talk about when we talk about Love" before it would be cut by Carver's editor and mentor.
Subjects: Fiction, short stories (single author), American Short stories
