How long does it take to read Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres?
Hugh Blair
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres by Hugh Blair takes about 5 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1783. 307 pages, about 84,425 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 85 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The lectures on rhetoric by Dr. Hugh Blair are too well known to require an extended introduction. They are based largely upon the system of Aristotle, and have served as the groundwork for many modern textbooks on this subject. In their original form they are too long for the use of present-day students, but in the condensed style in which they are presented in this book it is believed they will prove highly beneficial and interesting."--Publisher's descripition [page v].
Subjects: History and criticism, Rhetoric, Spanish philology, Anglais (langue), Rhétorique, Stylistique
