How long does it take to read Five Modern No Plays?
Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene.
Five Modern No Plays by Yukio Mishima takes about 3 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1957. 198 pages, about 54,450 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: No plays, Japanese drama
