How long does it take to read The Norton Sampler?
Short Essays for Composition
The Norton Sampler by Thomas Cooley takes about 7 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 419 pages, about 115,225 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Essays, Rhetoric, Exposition (rhetoric)
