How long does it take to read The Language of Literature?
The Language of Literature by Arthur N. Applebee takes about 15 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 37 minutes
A long haul
First published 1985. 852 pages, about 234,300 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Study and teaching (Elementary)
