How many words is The Clouds?

14,187 words, counted from the complete public-domain text rather than estimated from a page count.

Is The Clouds free to read?

Yes. The Clouds is in the public domain in the United States and can be read in full, free and without an account.

The Clouds

Q: How long does it take to read The Clouds?

The Clouds is 14,187 words, which is about 57 min at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. At 400 words per minute it is about 35 min, and at 600 about 24 min.

Aristophanes

The Clouds is 14,187 words — about 57 min at 250 words per minute, across 2 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.

How long does it take to read The Clouds?

57 min at 250 words per minute

14,187 words · 2 chapters · counted from the full text, not estimated from a page count. Measure your own speed and this becomes your number.

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How it opens

Strepsiades (sitting up in his bed). Ah me! Ah me! O King Jupiter, of what a terrible length the nights are! Will it never be day? And yet long since I heard the cock. My domestics are snoring; but they would not have done so heretofore! May you perish then, O war! For many reasons; because I may not even punish my domestics. Neither does this excellent youth awake through the night; but takes his ease, wrapped up in…

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