How long does it take to read The Gift?
Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
The Gift by Lewis Hyde takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 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 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Starting with the premise that the work of art is a gift and not a commodity, this revolutionary book ranges across anthropology, literature, economics, and psychology to show how the 'commerce of the creative spirit' functions in the lives of artists and in culture as a whole.
Subjects: Gifts, Economic anthropology, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Art and society, Nonfiction, Sociology
