How long does it take to read The Alchemist, 1612?
Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook
The Alchemist, 1612 by Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook takes about 3 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1612. 208 pages, about 57,200 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 200 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of Ben Jonson's The Alchemist that it had one out of the three most perfect plots in literature. This play, with its sharp portrayal of human folly, is considered by many to be Jonson's best comedy. First performed 1610, its popularity has endured to this day.
Subjects: Fiction, Drama, Alchemists, City and town life, London (England), Comedies
