How long does it take to read Grendel?
Grendel by John Gardner takes about 3 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1971. 174 pages, about 47,850 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic. This is the book William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."
Subjects: Fantasy fiction, Beowulf, Monsters, Adaptations, Fiction, Epic poetry, English (Old)
