How long does it take to read Monde Chinois?
Monde Chinois by Jacques Gernet takes about 14 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1982. 772 pages, about 212,300 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 23 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past. Written with an elegant and flowing narrative, the essential virtue of Jacques Gernet's book is to see the history of Chinese civilization as a whole. Yet within the synthesis of the trends - social, political, religious, scientific, artistic - that make up China's past and present, the author never loses sight of the telling detail that brings history to life. A History of Chinese Civilization is illustrated by a wide range of photographs, many maps, line drawings and tables. A detailed and updated chronological table and full bibliography complement the text and the expanded index now includes Chinese characters.
Subjects: Civilization, History, China, civilization
