How long does it take to read The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories?
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories by Carson McCullers takes about 2 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 47 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1958. 152 pages, about 41,800 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 45 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Manners and customs, Fiction, Fiction, general
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