How long does it take to read Doctor Faustus?
Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann takes about 10 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 1947. 545 pages, about 149,875 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 67 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A new translation of a 1948 novel by a German writer based on the Faust legend. The protagonist is Adrian Leverkuhn, a musical genius who trades his body and soul to the devil in exchange for 24 years of triumph as the world's greatest composer.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Composers, Political fiction, Germany, fiction, Fiction, political
