How long does it take to read From Dawn to Decadence?
Jacques Barzun, Edward Lewis
From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun, Edward Lewis takes about 16 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 26 minutes
A long haul
First published 2000. 896 pages, about 246,400 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500.". "In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaissance and Reformation down to the present in the double light of its own time and our pressing concerns. He introduces characters and incidents with his usual literary style and grace, bringing to the fore those that have been forgotten or obscured. His compelling chapters - such as "Puritans as Democrats," "The Monarchs' Revolution," "The Artist Prophet and Jester" - show the recurrent role of great themes throughout the eras."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Europe, intellectual life, Europe, civilization, Civilization, History, Intellectual life, Intellectual life.
