How long does it take to read Rights of Man?
Rights of Man by Thomas Paine takes about 3 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1791. 178 pages, about 48,950 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 282 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Written in a fit of pique brought about by Edmund Burke's blistering attack of the French Revolution, Paine's The Rights of Man has come to be regarded as one of the most important works in the realm of Western political philosophy. In it, Paine contends that some rights that are granted through natural law, rather than by governments or constitutions. A must-read for those interested in politics, philosophy, and the intersection of the two.
Subjects: History, Politics and government, Political science, Causes, Causes and character, France
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