The Glass Menagerie Question?

Question

How long is this book? I have to read this for a report and I know that some books are longer than others depending on the text size but what im asking is how long is the book/play to read in time? 2 hours? 3 hours? Im talking about nonstop.
Thanks.

Answer 1

About the four hour mark id reckon

Answer 2

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

Study Guides

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http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmGlassMenagerie01.asp

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http://www.jiffynotes.com/GlassMenagerieThe/HistoricalContext.html

http://litsum.com/glass-menagerie/

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Short Summary

The action of The Glass Menagerie takes place in the Wingfield family's apartment in St. Louis, 1937. The events of the play are framed by memory. Tom Wingfield, who usually smokes and stands on the fire escape as he delivers his monologues, is the play's narrator. The narrator addresses us from the undated and eternal present, although at the play's first production (1944-5), Tom's constant indirect references to the violence of the Second World War would have been powerfully current. More…..

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/menagerie/shortsumm.html

Good luck.

Answer 3

It is a play not a book

Answer 4

I don't know how fast you read, but 2 hours sounds pretty good. It can be performed in less than that. It's short and an easy read.

Answer 5

well i did read it in college and it took me 4 hours but you might go quicker ...