How long does it take to read It Can't Happen Here?
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis takes about 6 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 54 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1935. 376 pages, about 103,400 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 157 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.
Subjects: Anti-fascist movements, Presidents, Newspaper editors, Fiction, Drama, Science fiction
