How long does it take to read The Emperor's New Clothes?
Hans Christian Andersen, Ève Tharlet, Jeffrey Stewart Timmins, Stephanie True Peters
The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen, Ève Tharlet, Jeffrey Stewart Timmins, Stephanie True Peters takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1945. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 52 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The emperor shows his stupidity when he walks through the city in the invisible suit two rascal tailors made for him.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Fairy tales, Pride and vanity, Fiction, Polyglot texts, selections, quotations, Children's stories, Danish
