How long does it take to read The Sorrows of Young Werther?
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe takes about 2 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2002. 161 pages, about 44,275 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 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: German fiction, Artists, Fiction
