How long does it take to read Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition?
Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz, William Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Haruki Murakami, Arthur Miller, Herman Melville, Shirley Jackson, Salman Rushdie, William Faulkner, Alice Walker, George Orwell, Kate Chopin, Sylvia Plath, Chinua Achebe, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain
Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition by Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz, William Shakespeare, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Haruki Murakami, Arthur Miller, Herman Melville, Shirley Jackson, Salman Rushdie, William Faulkner, Alice Walker, George Orwell, Kate Chopin, Sylvia Plath, Chinua Achebe, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain takes about 22 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 22 hours 31 minutes
A long haul
First published 2003. 1,228 pages, about 337,700 words.
46 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 37 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 22 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 14 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
arranged by genre and alphabetically by the author's last name FICTION CHINUA ACHEBE (b. 1930) Marriage Is a Private Affair 946 SHERMAN ALEXIE (b. 1966) This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona JAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987) Sonny's Blues 534 TONI CADE BAMBARA (1939-1995) The Lesson 1 1 6 ROBERT OLEN BUTLER (b. 1945) Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot 766 RAYMOND CARVER (1938-1988) What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 742 KATE CHOPIN (1 851—1904) The Storm 724 SANDRA CISNEROS (b. 1954) The House on Mango Street 127 CHITRA BANERIEE DIVAKARUNI (b. 1956) Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter 568 HARLAN ELLISON (b. 1934) "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897-1962) A Rose for Emily CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1 860—1935) The Yellow Wallpaper 729 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804—1864) Young Goodman Brown ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899—1961 ) A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 96 Yu HUA (b. 1960) Appendix 299 SHIRLEY JACKSON (1 91 9-1 965) The Lottery 350 JAMES JOYCE (1 882-1941) Araby FRANZ KAFKA (1 883-1924) A Hunger Artist 342 JAMAICA KINCAID (b. 1 949) Girl 566 D. H. LAWRENCE (1885-1930) The Rocking-Horse Winner 6 URSULA K. LE GUIN (b. 1929) The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas HERMAN MELVILLE (1 81 9-1 891) Bartleby the Scrivener PAULINE MELVILLE (b. 1948) The Sparkling Bitch 373 HARUKI MURAKAMI (b. 1949) On Seeing the 1000/0 Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning 123 JOYCE CAROL OATES (b. 1938) Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 752 TIM O'BRIEN (b. 1946) The Things They Carried 1036 FLANNERY O'CONNOR (1 925-1 964) Good Country People 10() EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809—1849) Cask of Amontillado KATHERINE ANNE PORTER (1 890-1 980) The Jilting of Cranny Weatherall 1028 NAHID RACHLIN (b. 1 946) Departures 951 LESLIE MARMON SILKO (b. 1948) The Man to Send Rain Clouds AMY TAN (b. 1952) Two Ki nds 383 TOLSTOY (1 828-191 0) The Death of Ivin llYch 974 ALICE WALKER (b. 1 944) Everyday Use 559 CAN XUE (b. 1953) Hut on the Mountain 304 POETRY ANONYMOUS Bonny Barbara Allan…
Subjects: Collections, Satanism, Fiction, short story, Puritans, catechism
