How long does it take to read The Arabian Nights?
The Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1946. 280 pages, about 77,000 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 441 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twenty of the traditional tales told by Scheherazade in an attempt to save her life, including The Merchant and the Genie, The Forty Thieves, The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.
Subjects: Folklore, arab countries, Arabs, Folklore, Tales, Fairy tales, Children's stories
