How long does it take to read Ma Rainey's Black Bottom?
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson takes about 2 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1985. 111 pages, about 30,525 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Presents the script for a two-act play set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927 where African-American band members and blues singer Ma Rainey reveal the conflicted feelings they have about their status in the white man's world.
Subjects: African Americans, Blues musicians, Drama, Musicians, Nineteen twenties, Blues (Music)
