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How long does it take to read The Lorax?

Dr. Seuss

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss takes about 1 hour 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 1 hour 10 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1911. 64 pages, about 17,600 words. Written for children.

3 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 1 hour 57 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 1 hour 10 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 44 minutes

The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Stories in rhyme, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Pollution, Children's fiction, Ecology, fiction

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