How long does it take to read The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia??
The Goat, or, Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee takes about 2 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2003. 111 pages, about 30,525 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From inside jacket: Martin -- a hugely successful architect who has just turned fifty -- leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and gay teenage son. But when he confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat (named Sylvia), he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters.
Subjects: bestiality, family, gay youth, goats, love, married people
