How long does it take to read Sartoris?
Sartoris by William Faulkner takes about 6 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1929. 379 pages, about 104,225 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 54 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Returning home to Jefferson, Mississippi, at the end of the First World War, young Bayard Sartoris grieves the loss of his twin brother, John. Despite the stabilizing influence of his marriage to the lovely Narcissa Benbow, young Bayard's recklessness grows as the days pass, and hastens the destruction of the Sartoris family, who are still living under the shadow of Bayard's deceased, heroic great-grandfather. A story of a decaying family confronting the debilitating effects of war, Sartoris is a commentary on social class and family conditions in the post-war world of the American South.
Subjects: American Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Fiction, Manuscripts, Sartoris family (Fictitious characters), Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place)
