How long does it take to read The Informed Heart?
autonomy in a mass age.
The Informed Heart by Bruno Bettelheim takes about 5 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1960. 309 pages, about 84,975 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 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Professor of educational psychology at University of Chicago ponders the individual's modern philosophical problem of achieving self realization, preserving freedom, and adapting society to both.
Subjects: Concentration camps, Liberty, Germany, Psychological aspects, Fear, Individualism
