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How long does it take to read The Masks of God?

Joseph Campbell

The Masks of God by Joseph Campbell takes about 10 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 10 hours 17 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1959. 561 pages, about 154,275 words.

21 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 17 hours 9 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 10 hours 17 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 6 hours 26 minutes

The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology

Subjects: Asian Mythology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Culture, Mythology, Oriental Mythology, Primitive Religion

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