How long does it take to read A History of Private Life, Vol. 2?
Revelations of the Medieval World
Georges Duby, Philippe Ariès, Arthur Goldhammer
A History of Private Life, Vol. 2 by Georges Duby, Philippe Ariès, Arthur Goldhammer takes about 12 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1988. 682 pages, about 187,550 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The second volume of "A History of Private Life" is a treasure trove of rich and colorful detail culled from an astounding variety of sources. This absorbing "secret epic" constructs a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in the eleventh to fifteenth centuries.
Subjects: collected works on manners and customs, manners and customs, family, history, civilization, history, Europe, social conditions
