How long does it take to read Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets)?
Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets) by William Shakespeare takes about 28 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 28 hours 37 minutes
A long haul
First published 1838. 1,561 pages, about 429,275 words.
58 days (about 9 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 47 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 28 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 17 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
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