How long does it take to read The Iceman Cometh?
a play
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill takes about 4 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1946. 242 pages, about 66,550 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A play about people who have been battered by life, who have done shocking things according to glib, conventional standards of respectability.
Subjects: Teatro Norte Americano, Bars (Drinking establishments), Sales personnel, Drama, Murderers, American drama
