How long does it take to read Death in Venice?
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann takes about 4 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1925. 237 pages, about 65,175 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Celebrated novella of a middle-aged German writer℗s tormented passion for a Polish youth met on holiday in Venice, and its tragic consequences. Powerful evocation of the mysterious forces of death and disintegration in the midst of existence, and the isolation of the artist in 20th-century life. This edition provides an excellent new translation and extensive commentary on many facets of the story.
Subjects: Fiction, Middle age, Homosexuality, Criticism and interpretation, Tod in Venedig (Mann, Thomas), Middle-aged men
