How long does it take to read Poems?
Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer takes about 12 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 20 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 673 pages, about 185,075 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 86 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Facsimiles, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Poetry, Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, English Manuscripts
