How long does it take to read Language and Silence?
essays on language, literature, and the inhuman.
Language and Silence by George Steiner takes about 7 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 426 pages, about 117,150 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Philosophy, History and criticism, Addresses, essays, lectures, Taal, Langage et langues, Langage et culture
