How long does it take to read Fables of Identity?
studies in poetic mythology.
Fables of Identity by Northrop Frye takes about 4 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 264 pages, about 72,600 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: English poetry, American poetry, Criticism, History and criticism, Poetics, Poésie anglaise
