How long does it take to read Summer and Smoke?
a play
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams takes about 1 hour 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 45 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1948. 95 pages, about 26,125 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 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Summer and Smoke is a play in two parts by Tennessee Williams, set in the small Mississippi town of Glorious Hill in the early years of the twentieth century. It centers on Alma Winemiller, a nervous, refined, unmarried minister's daughter whose very name means "soul." Next door lives John Buchanan Jr., a young doctor and sensualist who believes in the body rather than the spirit. Their opposing outlooks, one drawn to lofty ideals and the other to physical life, shape a delicate, spiritual romance between them.
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Subjects: American drama
