How long does it take to read The Captive Mind?
The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz takes about 4 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1900. 251 pages, about 69,025 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A work of nonfiction by Polish writer, poet, academic and Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz. It was written after the author's defection from Stalinist Poland in 1951. The book catalogs the experiences of Milosz and his colleagues, in pre-war Poland, under the Nazi Occupation, and in the Soviet-dominated People's Republic of Poland. Milosz ponders on the mental gymnastics required for intellectuals to turn against their countrymen and the truth, by turns sympathetical and critical.
Subjects: Authors, Polish, Communism, Criticism and interpretation, Intellectual life, Interviews, Polish Authors
