How long does it take to read Italian Journey, 1786-1788?
Italian Journey, 1786-1788 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe takes about 9 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 19 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1860. 508 pages, about 139,700 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 78 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
RE choice of the following extracts has been governed by the wish to provide interesting reading-matter for the class-room. From selections made with such an aim much of what fell within the wide range of Goethe's interest is excluded. His observations on the geological and mineral ogical character of the regions through which he passed, his notes on botany, on the nature of the soil and on meth ods of tillage, his researches in history and archeology, are too technical to be either interesting or profitable to the student. His comments on art on the pictures, the stat ues, the edifices that he saw are also for the most part not of general interest. But his delight in human nature lends his shrewd observation of the people and their ways a perennial charm, his adventures by land and sea are very entertaining, and his quick eye for natural history has furnished some admirable descriptions.
Subjects: Correspondence, German Authors, Description and travel, Diaries, Journeys, Travel
