How long does it take to read The Norton Anthology of Poetry--shorter Fifth Edition?
Margaret Ferguson
The Norton Anthology of Poetry--shorter Fifth Edition by Margaret Ferguson takes about 25 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 25 hours 14 minutes
A long haul
First published 1997. 1,376 pages, about 378,400 words.
51 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 42 hours 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 25 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 15 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: English poetry, American poetry, Poetry, collections
