How long does it take to read The Sonnets to Orpheus?
The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke takes about 2 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1936. 142 pages, about 39,050 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 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 49 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Contains 55 sonnets in English and German.
Subjects: Orpheus (Greek mythology), Poetry, German Sonnets, Correspondence, Bilingual, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
