How long does it take to read One Christmas?
One Christmas by Truman Capote takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1956. 48 pages, about 13,200 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found.
Subjects: Fiction, Boys, Thanksgiving Day, American Christmas stories, Families, American Autobiographical fiction
