How long does it take to read The Gift?
Marcel Mauss
The Gift by Marcel Mauss takes about 3 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours
A weekend read
First published 1950. 164 pages, about 45,100 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Classic work of anthropology, on the social function of gift exchange. First published in French in 1950. First translated into English 1954. Has inspired many subsequent studies of gift-giving.
Subjects: Gifts, Social structure, anthropology, exchange, gift exchange, potlatch
