How long does it take to read The Intermediate Sex?
A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women
The Intermediate Sex by Edward Carpenter takes about 3 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1907. 175 pages, about 48,125 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
1908 work by Edward Carpenter expressing his views on homosexuality. Carpenter argues that "uranism", as he terms homosexuality, was on the increase, marking a new age of sexual liberation.
Subjects: Homosexuality, Sex, Gender Identity, Lesbians, Gay men, LGBTQ queer theory
