How long does it take to read The Classic Fairy Tales?
The Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar takes about 7 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 394 pages, about 108,350 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Examines the genre, cultural implications, and critical history of six classic fairy tales and presents twelve essays on the social origins and issues of gender and national identity present in many of these children's stories. Also explores tales by Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Oscar Wilde, Charles Perrault, Joseph Jacobs, Margaret Atwood, James Thurber, Roald Dahl, et al.
Subjects: Fairy tales, History and criticism, Fairy tales, history and criticism, Peri masalları, Tarih ve eleştiri, Sprookjes
