How long does it take to read The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born?
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah takes about 3 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1968. 215 pages, about 59,125 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 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This novel is a treatment of the theme of corruption wrought by poverty. It is the story of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn even from those he loves.
Subjects: Fiction, Men
