How long does it take to read One Writer's Beginnings?
One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty takes about 2 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours
An evening's read
First published 1984. 109 pages, about 29,975 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In a "continuous thread of revelation" Eudora Welty sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and her surroundings contributed to the shaping not only of her personality but of her writing.
Subjects: American Authors, American Novelists, American Women authors, Biography, Childhood and youth, Social life and customs
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