How long does it take to read The Fashion System?
The Fashion System by Roland Barthes takes about 5 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 326 pages, about 89,650 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Clothing and dress, Fashion, History and criticism, Psychology, Semiotics, Social aspects
