How long does it take to read The History of Sexuality?
The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault takes about 5 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The History of Sexuality
Next: L'usage des plaisirs
About 5 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 284 pages, about 78,100 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
3 volumes ; 19-22 cm
Subjects: History, Sex customs, Sex, Philosophy, Sexual ethics, Collections
