How long does it take to read Dangling Man?
Dangling Man by Saul Bellow takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 191 pages, about 52,525 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 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
During World War II, a man finds himself increasingly on edge when his draft board defers his enlistment.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, general, United States. Army
