How long does it take to read Piazza Tales?
Piazza Tales by Herman Melville takes about 4 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 46 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1856. 260 pages, about 71,500 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 59 minutes |
The page count is the median across 52 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
6 Tales - The Piazza - Bartleby, the Scrivener - Benito Cereno - The Lightning-Rod Man - The Encantadas; or, Enchanted Islands - The Bell-Tower
Subjects: American Short Stories, Manners and customs in fiction, Manners and customs, Fiction, Young men, Copyists
