How long does it take to read Rope?
a play: [in three acts.
Patrick Hamilton
Rope by Patrick Hamilton takes about 1 hour 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 34 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1957. 85 pages, about 23,375 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a play separated into three acts with no time difference between the three acts. The plot centers around a murder committed by two Oxford students. They invite a group of six people, including the father of the deceased, over to their apartment in London where they host a party and book auction. The body of the person they murdered lies in the chest they are serving food off of. Will someone figure them out before the party ends and the two students head back to school?
Subjects: murder
