How long does it take to read Past and Present?
Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle takes about 5 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1800. 317 pages, about 87,175 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 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 66 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Social problems, Social conditions, Social history, Great britain, social conditions, Literature, history and criticism
