How long does it take to read Murphy?
Murphy by Samuel Beckett takes about 3 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1947. 201 pages, about 55,275 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Social isolation, Conduct of life, Male nurses, Fiction, French fiction, Fiction, general
