How long does it take to read The Dispossessed?
An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 5 of Hainish Cycle
Previous: Vaster Than Empires and More Slow Next: The Word for World Is Forest
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 352 pages, about 96,800 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 75 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.
Subjects: Anarchism, Anarquismo, Ciencia-ficción, Communal living, Ficción, Fiction
