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How long does it take to read The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories?

Ernest Hemingway

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 49 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1927. 154 pages, about 42,350 words.

6 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 4 hours 42 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 49 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 46 minutes

The page count is the median across 59 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A collection of short stories previously published in Hemingway’s earlier collections. These are generally considered the best of the early short stories. Ranging from semi-autobiographical tales from his childhood in Michigan to the contemplative title story, set in Africa and stories set in Europe during or post WW1.

Subjects: Text-books for foreigners, Short stories, Adventure stories, Fiction, American Short stories, English Short stories

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