How long does it take to read Bored of the Rings?
Henry Beard, Harvard Lampoon, Douglas C. Kenney, Jean Little, Jim Meskimen
Bored of the Rings by Henry Beard, Harvard Lampoon, Douglas C. Kenney, Jean Little, Jim Meskimen takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1969. 160 pages, about 44,000 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 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a parody of "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien. It is very brief, comparatively, and not to be taken seriously. It is meant to be amusing even if a bit vulgar.
Subjects: American Satire, Parodies, imitations, Parodies, imitations, etc, Satire, American, Fiction, humorous, general, Humor, form, parodies
