How long does it take to read The Oxford Book of Death?
D. J. Enright
The Oxford Book of Death by D. J. Enright takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 351 pages, about 96,525 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A book of death might seem a strange and dubious venture. A book for no one? Or, since the subject, the editor suggests, is 'of exceptionally common concern' - a book for everyone?
Subjects: Death, Quotations, maxims, Literary collections, Literatur, Mort, Anthologies
