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How long does it take to read The Norton Anthology of English Literature?

M. H. Abrams, M. Abrams, M. H. Adams, Stephen Greenblatt, Abrams, M. H.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature by M. H. Abrams, M. Abrams, M. H. Adams, Stephen Greenblatt, Abrams, M. H. takes about 49 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 49 hours 15 minutes

A long haul

First published 1962. 2,686 pages, about 738,650 words.

99 days (about 15 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 82 hours 4 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 49 hours 15 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 30 hours 47 minutes

The page count is the median across 244 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Collects literature written by the most well-known English authors.

Subjects: English literature (collections), Literary collections, Literature, collections, English literature., Littérature anglaise -- Anthologies., Great Britain -- Literary collections.

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