How long does it take to read The Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962?
transcribed from the original manuscripts at Smith College
The Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962 by Sylvia Plath takes about 13 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 25 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2000. 732 pages, about 201,300 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Published in their entirety for the first time, Sylvia Plath's journals provide a portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life some of the most extraordinary poems of the twentieth century. Faithfully transcribed from the twenty-three journals and journal fragments owned by Smith College, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath includes two journals that Plath's husband, Ted Hughes, unsealed just before his death in 1998.". "A heavily abridged edition of Plath's diaries was published in 1982. Roughly two-thirds of this new unabridged edition is material that has never before been made public, revealing more fully the intensity of the poet's personal and literary struggles, and providing fresh insight into both her frequent desperation and the bravery with which she faced her demons. With its haunting, vibrant, and brutally honest prose, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath is essential reading for all who have been moved and fascinated by Plath's life and work."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Diaries, American Women poets, American Poets, Poets, American, Women poets
