How long does it take to read The Orton Diaries?
John Lahr, Joe Orton, Nicholas Furini
The Orton Diaries by John Lahr, Joe Orton, Nicholas Furini takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Fron December 1966 to his murder in August 1967, Joe Orton kept a series of diaries that prove to be one of the most candid and unfettered accounts of that remarkable era. They chronicle his life from his literary success to his sexual escapades.
Subjects: Autobiography, Diaries, Dramatists, English, English Dramatists, Gay dramatists, Biography
