How long does it take to read Myth and Meaning?
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Myth and Meaning by Claude Lévi-Strauss takes about 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 59 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1978. 54 pages, about 14,850 words.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Structural anthropology, Mythology, Ethnophilosophy, Addresses, essays, lectures, Primitive Philosophy, Anthropology
