How long does it take to read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass takes about 2 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 20 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1845. 127 pages, about 34,925 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 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1,032 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is an autobiographical account by runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.
Subjects: Biography, African American abolitionists, Abolitionists, Slaves, Slavery, History
