How long does it take to read Lives of the Poets?
Lives of the Poets by Samuel Johnson takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 1820. 382 pages, about 105,050 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History and criticism, English poetry, English Poets, Biography, Poets, English, English poetry, history and criticism
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