How long does it take to read Fables?
Aesop, Joseph Jacobs, Roger L'Estrange, Percy J. Billinghurst
Fables by Aesop, Joseph Jacobs, Roger L'Estrange, Percy J. Billinghurst takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 1489. 164 pages, about 45,100 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 109 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The world's oldest known collection of fables and folk tales. Some of the stories credited to Aesop, a Greek slave who lived in about the sixth century BCE, are known in every corner of the globe, such as 'The Tortoise and the Hare' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'. Other familiar tales are 'The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs', 'The Fox and the Grapes' and ''The Ant and the Grasshopper'.
Subjects: Fables, Greek Fables, English Fables, Children's stories, Picture books for children, Children's stories, English
