How long does it take to read Mahabharata?
Carole Satyamurti
Mahabharata by Carole Satyamurti takes about 16 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 39 minutes
A long haul
First published 2015. 908 pages, about 249,700 words.
34 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Innovatively composed in blank verse rather than prose, Carole Satyamurti's English retelling covers all eighteen books of the Mahabharata. This new version masterfully captures the beauty, excitement, and profundity of the original Sanskrit poem as well as its magnificent architecture and extraordinary scope" --
Subjects: Poetry, History, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
