How long does it take to read Poor Richard's Almanack?
Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin takes about 1 hour 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 25 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1830. 77 pages, about 21,175 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: American Maxims, American Almanacs, Proverbs, Maxims, American Proverbs, Quotations
