How long does it take to read Street Corner Society?
William Foote Whyte
Street Corner Society by William Foote Whyte takes about 6 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1943. 365 pages, about 100,375 words. Written for children.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Street Corner Society - William Foote Whyte's account of the social structure of an Italian slum he called Cornerville - has attained the status of a sociological classic and is a standard reference work for research methods used by field workers in an urban setting.
Subjects: Cities and towns, Gangs, Italian Americans, Italians, Italians in the United States, Juvenile delinquency
