How long does it take to read Only Yesterday?
Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen takes about 6 hours 47 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 47 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1931. 370 pages, about 101,750 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A social history of the United States during the "roaring twenties." Examines American individualism and the decade that they knew Mah Jong and Mencken, Couéism and Coolidge, Listerine and Lindbergh, as well as Capone, Ford, Babe Ruth, the Teapot Dome, and bathtub gin.
Subjects: United States, Economic conditions, Nineteen twenties, Social conditions, History, Conditions sociales
