How long does it take to read The Essential Hemingway?
The Essential Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway takes about 8 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 38 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1947. 471 pages, about 129,525 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Essential Hemingway containing one complete novel “Fiesta” (aka “The Sun Also Rises”), extracts from three others, twenty-five short stories, and a chapter from 'Death in the Afternoon'
Subjects: Literature, history and criticism, English fiction, American Short stories, Man-woman relationships, Fiction
