How long does it take to read The Communist Manifesto?
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Frederick Engels takes about 1 hour 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1848. 87 pages, about 23,925 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour |
The page count is the median across 616 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Communist Manifesto is a political pamphlet by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, commissioned by the Communist League and issued in London in 1848. It argues that all earlier society is a record of struggle between classes, defined by their relation to the means of production. In the capitalist age, the owning bourgeoisie exploits the wage-earning proletariat. The authors set out communist aims, defend them against common objections, distinguish them from rival socialist doctrines, and propose measures such as a progressive income tax and universal education for a transition toward a classless society.
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Subjects: Communism, Sources, Capitalism, Socialism, Social conflict, Marxism
