How long does it take to read Self Reliance and Other Essays?
Self Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson takes about 2 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours
An evening's read
First published 1993. 109 pages, about 29,975 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: English prose, United States, Fiction, short stories (single author)
