How long does it take to read The Autobiography of a Runaway Slave?
Esteban Montejo, Miguel Barnet
The Autobiography of a Runaway Slave by Esteban Montejo, Miguel Barnet takes about 4 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 220 pages, about 60,500 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Valuable new version of Biografía de un cimarrón includes Hill's expert translation; brief but informative preface about Esteban Montejo (the book's first-person narrator); Barnet's afterword (which replaces, albeit partially, his original introduction), in which he explains his understanding of literatura testimonal; and a glossary of terms. Original work was first translated as Autobiography of a runaway slave by Jocasta Innes (1968)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Slaves, Biography, Slavery, Fugitive slaves, History, Personal narratives
