How long does it take to read The Difficulty of Being Good?
on the subtle art of dharma
The Difficulty of Being Good by Gurcharan Das takes about 7 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 434 pages, about 119,350 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Why should we be good? What exactly is dharma? With the flair, wit, and effortless erudition that have made him a bestselling author around the world, Gurcharan Das talks about his own personal search for a more meaningful life. On this journey, he turns to the epic Mahabharata and sheds light on the central problem of how to live our lives in an examined way and reclaim a meaningful ideal of civic virtue.
Subjects: Mahābhārata, Dharma, Criticism, interpretation, Characters, Mahabharata
