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How long does it take to read Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy?

Donald Kagan

Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy by Donald Kagan takes about 5 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 25 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1990. 295 pages, about 81,125 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 1 minute
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 25 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 23 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Politics and government, Democracy, Orators, History, Biography, Statesmen

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