How long does it take to read Coming of Age in Samoa?
Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead takes about 5 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1924. 297 pages, about 81,675 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 89 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The classic anthropological study describes what it was like in the 1920s for girls growing up in the culture of the Samoan Islands, offering provocative insights into such topics as childhood, gender roles, and culture.
Subjects: Adolescence, Children, Children in the Samoan Islands, Girls, Psychology, Samoan Islands
