How long does it take to read The Life of an Amorous Man?
The Life of an Amorous Man by Ihara Saikaku takes about 4 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 233 pages, about 64,075 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From first page -- Depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of old Japan, when the new bourgeoisie, unfettered by the societal constraints of the traditional aristocracy, indulged in the free and easy life of Japan's celebrated pleasure houses ... The novel follows the hero, Yonosuke, or "Man of the World", from precocious childhood to the close of his amatory career. Along the way, Saikaku exploits the full gamut of sexual indulgence, always with frankness, often with humor, and occasionally with pathos -- chronicaling the erotic escapades of his hero and providing vivid character sketches of the women (and sometimes men) with whom Yonosuke dallied.
Subjects: ukiyo, floating world, ukiyo-zoshi, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, psychological
