How long does it take to read The Country and the City?
The Country and the City by Raymond Williams takes about 6 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 335 pages, about 92,125 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is a sustained and thoroughgoing attempt to relate English literature to its social background. This book has given us a right and timely admonition against sentimental falsifications of rural life and of nature. - Back cover.
Subjects: History and criticism, Vie urbaine, Vie urbaine dans la littérature, Histoire et critique, Vie rurale, Vie rurale dans la littérature
