How long does it take to read Waiting for Godot?
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett takes about 2 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 3 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1952. 112 pages, about 30,800 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 201 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Waiting for Godot is a play by Irish author Samuel Beckett. It is Beckett's best-known literary work and is regarded by critics as "one of the most enigmatic plays of modern literature." It was written (1948–1949), first published (1952), and first performed (1953) in French as En attendant Godot. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's own English-language adaptation. Subtitled "tragicomedy in two acts", it was published in 1954. As one of the foundational works of theatre, the play remains widely studied in academic and literary circles. In Waiting for Godot, the two main characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), spend their days waiting for someone named Godot, who they believe will provide them with salvation. They pass the time with conversations, physical routines, and philosophical musings, but their hope fades as Godot never arrives.
Subjects: French drama, English drama, Notebooks, sketchbooks, German drama, Textual Criticism, Tramps
