How long does it take to read The Age of Anxiety?
The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden takes about 2 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 26 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1947. 133 pages, about 36,575 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Poetry, Anxiety, Modern Civilization
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