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How long does it take to read Das Kapital [1/3]?
Das Kapital [1/3] by Karl Marx takes about 15 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 37 minutes
A long haul
First published 1872. 852 pages, about 234,300 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the Publisher: Capital, one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England, the most advanced industrial society of his day. This new translation of Volume One, the only volume to be completed and edited by Marx himself, avoids some of the mistakes that have marred earlier versions and seeks to do justice to the literary qualities of the work. The introduction is by Ernest Mandel, author of Late Capitalism, one of the only comprehensive attempts to develop the theoretical legacy of Capital.
Subjects: Capital, Economics, Economics - general & miscellaneous, General & miscellaneous political theory, Socialism
