How long does it take to read The Farewell Symphony?
The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White takes about 9 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 14 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1997. 504 pages, about 138,600 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, lgbtq+, gay, Fiction, Gay men, Gay, Gay authors, Autobiographical fiction
