How long does it take to read The Homecoming?
The Homecoming by Harold Pinter takes about 1 hour 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 30 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1965. 82 pages, about 22,550 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This play was first produced in London in 1965, and in New York City in 1967. In it, Teddy, a professor of philosophy who lives in America, brings his wife Ruth to England to visit his family, whom she has never met. His father, a widower, and two brothers, a pimp and a boxer, convince Ruth to remain with them and to enter a life of prostitution. Teddy returns to America alone. Pinter's very high talent manages to make the situation believable.
Subjects: English drama, Drama, Married people, Families, Family life, College teachers
