How long does it take to read Simple & Direct?
a rhetoric for writers
Simple & Direct by Jacques Barzun takes about 4 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 268 pages, about 73,700 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 4 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Rhetoric, Anglais (Langue), Problems, exercises, Report writing, Rhétorique, Authorship, handbooks, manuals, etc.
