How long does it take to read Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge takes about 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 59 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1827. 54 pages, about 14,850 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 156 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the events of a long sea voyage, arousing in his listener feeling of impatience, fear, fascination and bemusement.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was published in the collection Lyrical Ballads (1798), which contributed significantly to the advent of modern poetry and the beginnings of British Romance literature.
Subjects: Poetry, Illustrations, Animal welfare, Textual Criticism, Albatrosses, Seafaring life
