How long does it take to read The Journey to the West?
Wu Cheng'en, Eleanor Hazard, Chʻeng-en Wu, Darwin L. Teilhet, Anthony C. Yu
The Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en, Eleanor Hazard, Chʻeng-en Wu, Darwin L. Teilhet, Anthony C. Yu takes about 10 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1900. 569 pages, about 156,475 words. Written for children.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 133 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies.
Subjects: Buddhist Priests, Chinese fiction, Fiction, Folklore, Legends, Church and social problems
