How long does it take to read Discipline and Punish?
The Birth of the Prison
Michel Foucault, Simon Prebble
Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault, Simon Prebble takes about 6 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 333 pages, about 91,575 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
English version of "Surveiller et punir : naissance de la prison"
Subjects: Prison discipline, Punishment, Prisons, Discipline, Contrôle social, Peines
