How long does it take to read Tender Buttons?
Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein takes about 1 hour 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 4 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1914. 58 pages, about 15,950 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 365 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms from 1914 is a poetic exploration of words - clustered, juxtaposed, redefined and played off one another - to subterfuge their common meanings, which Stein felt had become watered down, and to re-infuse them with expressive force.
Subjects: Fiction, Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Amerikanisches Englisch, Prosa, Modern Poetry
