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How long does it take to read The Old Man and the Sea?

Harold Bloom

The Old Man and the Sea by Harold Bloom takes about 3 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 46 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1999. 205 pages, about 56,375 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 16 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 46 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 21 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Presents several critical analyses of Hemingway's The old man and the sea.

Subjects: Old man and the sea (Hemingway, Ernest), Old man and the sea

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