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How long does it take to read Is Sex Necessary?, or, Why You Always Feel the Way You Do?

James Thurber, E. B. White

Is Sex Necessary?, or, Why You Always Feel the Way You Do by James Thurber, E. B. White takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 29 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1929. 190 pages, about 52,250 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 48 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 29 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 11 minutes

The page count is the median across 43 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The first book of prose published by either James Thurber or E.B. White, this book combines the humor and genius of both authors to examine those great mysteries of life: romance, love, and marriage.

Subjects: Humor, Sex, Sex, humor, Anecdotes, American Humorous stories, Pictorial Wit and humor

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