How long does it take to read The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson?
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain takes about 3 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1758. 174 pages, about 47,850 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 250 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young slave woman attempting to protect her son from the horrors of slavery, switches her light-skinned infant with the master's white son. This novel features a literary first — the use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.
Subjects: Passing (Identity), Race relations, Trials (Murder), Impostors and imposture, Slavery, Fiction
