How long does it take to read Living by the Word?
selected writings 1973-1987
Living by the Word by Alice Walker takes about 3 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1988. 196 pages, about 53,900 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The The Color Purple meditates on planetary concerns as well as on feminist and political issues in her most deeply spiritual work yet. She writes of our intimate connection with nature, focuses on racial questions, reports on trips to China, Bali, and Jamaica, and more.
Subjects: Essays, Literary collections, African American women authors, Social conditions, Family, African American women
