How long does it take to read King Hedley II?
King Hedley II by August Wilson takes about 2 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours
An evening's read
First published 2005. 109 pages, about 29,975 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Set in 1985 in two tenement backyards in Pittsburgh's Hill District, King Hedley II continues playwright August Wilson's monumental cycle of plays chronicling African American life in twentieth century America. An epic tragedy of the common man and the crushing weight of everyday life and our ultimate struggle to regain our sense of community and culture in a crumbling urban society." -- Back cover.
Subjects: Drama, African American men, Ex-convicts, African Americans, Nineteen eighties, Drama (dramatic works by one author)
