How long does it take to read The Modern Tradition?
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The Modern Tradition by Richard Ellmann takes about 17 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 28 minutes
A long haul
First published 1965. 953 pages, about 262,075 words.
35 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Philosophy, History, Aesthetics, Collections, Littérature, Esthétique
