How long does it take to read Plays (37)?
Plays (37) by William Shakespeare takes about 14 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 36 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1768. 796 pages, about 218,900 words.
30 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 24 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 58 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Contains 37 plays: All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Romeo and Juliet Taming of the Shrew Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale Order varies by edition.
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