How long does it take to read The Interpretation of Dreams?
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud takes about 9 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1899. 510 pages, about 140,250 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 143 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Interpretation of Dreams presents Sigmund Freud's theory of the unconscious through the study of dreams. He argues that dreams can be interpreted and that each one expresses a wish, shaped by unconscious forces and then distorted by a process of censorship. He separates a dream's remembered story from its hidden meaning, and he describes how the mind condenses, displaces and represents material while sleeping. To make his case, he reviews earlier scientific views and then analyses many dreams, often his own, along with others drawn from patients.
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Subjects: Psychoanalysis, Dreams, Dream interpretation, Neurasthenia, Psychology, Psychoanalytic Theory
