How long does it take to read The Recognitions?
The Recognitions by William Gaddis takes about 17 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 32 minutes
A long haul
First published 1955. 956 pages, about 262,900 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Obsessed with seventeenth-century Flemish masterpieces, Wyatt Gwyon forges original artwork amazingly faithful to the spirit and techniques of the time.
Subjects: Fiction, Art, Forgeries, Roman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Forgery
