How long does it take to read Tropic of Cancer?
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller takes about 6 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1934. 330 pages, about 90,750 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 92 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A stream-of-consciousness story of a poverty-stricken young American, living in Paris.
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction, Fiction, Americans, Authorship, Bohemianism, Sex customs
