How long does it take to read The Complete Works of Shakespeare?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare takes about 34 hours 7 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 34 hours 7 minutes
A long haul
First published 1991. 1,861 pages, about 511,775 words.
69 days (about 10 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 56 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 34 hours 7 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 21 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
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