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Purpose
About This Book
From one of Americaβs greatest playwrights, the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play: a searing and shockingly funny story of a proud American family whose complex legacy is put on full display over the course of a single shattering evening The Jaspers are Ame...
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Reading Time Estimates
7h 38m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 30m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 56m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 82,500 wordsπ
11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 30 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 7 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 10 min
Audio 2x
4 h 35 min
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- π 11 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π11 commutesΒ of 30 min each