How long does it take to read Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth?
J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, ʻImanuʼel Loṭem
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, ʻImanuʼel Loṭem takes about 9 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 23 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1980. 512 pages, about 140,800 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 62 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century’s most acclaimed popular author. The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf’s lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien’s son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father’s writings.
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fiction, Fantasy fiction, English, Short stories, Fiction, fantasy, general
