How long does it take to read The Meaning of Life?
The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton takes about 2 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 51 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2007. 155 pages, about 42,625 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
We have all wondered about the meaning of life. But is there an answer? And do we even really know what we're asking? Eagleton suggests that the problem of the meaning of life arose with modernity. He looks at the cultural and philosophical reasons for this.
Subjects: Life, Meaning (Philosophy), Cultural studies, Modernism, Religion & Beliefs, Western philosophy
