How long does it take to read The Hamlet?
The Hamlet by William Faulkner takes about 6 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Snopes trilogy
Next: The Town
About 6 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1940. 373 pages, about 102,575 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Traces the growing power of Flem Snopes, a white-trash farmer, in the Mississippi town of Frenchman's Bend.
Subjects: American Manuscripts, American fiction, Facsimiles, Fiction, Manuscripts, Snopes family (Fictitious characters)
