How long does it take to read Buried Child?
Sam Shepard, Sam Shephard
Buried Child by Sam Shepard, Sam Shephard takes about 1 hour 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 26 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1979. 78 pages, about 21,450 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Contains the script for the 1977 play "Buried Child" in which a family is haunted by the knowledge that their grandfather killed and buried his wife's illegitimate child years earlier.
Subjects: Families, Family, American drama, Drama, Plays, Farm life
