How long does it take to read Dawn to the West?
Japanese literature of the modern era
Dawn to the West by Donald Keene takes about 12 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1983. 698 pages, about 191,950 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History and criticism, Japanese fiction, history and criticism, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
