How long does it take to read The Naked Civil Servant / How to Become a Virgin / Resident Alien?
Quentin Crisp
The Naked Civil Servant / How to Become a Virgin / Resident Alien by Quentin Crisp takes about 11 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2000. 635 pages, about 174,625 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement—it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he claimed his right to be himself—whatever the consequences. The Naked Civil Servant is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
Subjects: Biography, Gay men, LGBTQ biography and memoir
