How long does it take to read Finnegans Wake?
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce takes about 8 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1928. 487 pages, about 133,925 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 128 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Follows a man's thoughts and dreams during a single night. It is also a book that participates in the re-reading of Irish history that was part of the revival of the early 20th century. The author also wrote "Ulysses", "Dubliners" and "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man".
Subjects: Facsimiles, Manuscripts, English Manuscripts, Notebooks, sketchbooks, Fiction, Older men
