How long does it take to read Class?
A Guide Through the American Status System
Paul Fussell, Martim de Avillez
Class by Paul Fussell, Martim de Avillez takes about 3 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 202 pages, about 55,550 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Paul Fussell explodes the sacred American myth of social equality ... guide to the signs, symbols, and customs of the American class system ... Fussell shows us how our status is revealed by everything we do, say, and own. He describes the houses, objects, artifacts, speech, clothing styles, and intellectural proclivities of American classes from the top to the bottom"--Back cover.
Subjects: Social classes, Social status, United States, Soziale Schichtung, Statussymbol, Social classes, united states
