How long does it take to read Consider the Lobster, and Other Essays?
Consider the Lobster, and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace takes about 6 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 343 pages, about 94,325 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult-video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of a vicious presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters.
Subjects: Criticism, Essays, Nonfiction, Essays (single author), American essays, Literary collections
