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How long does it take to read The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought?

Alan Bullock, R. B. Woodings, Stephen Trombley

The Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought by Alan Bullock, R. B. Woodings, Stephen Trombley takes about 16 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 16 hours 26 minutes

A long haul

First published 1977. 896 pages, about 246,400 words.

33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 27 hours 23 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 16 hours 26 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 10 hours 16 minutes

The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Philosophy, dictionaries, Philosophy, modern, Intellectual life

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