How long does it take to read Homme Devant la Mort?
Homme Devant la Mort by Philippe Ariès takes about 11 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 651 pages, about 179,025 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A panoramic exploration of Western man's changing attitudes about death over the last one thousand years enumerates five stages of the evolution of our thought concerning death and explains their significance for contemporary man.
Subjects: Death, Attitude to Death
