How long does it take to read The Origins of Totalitarianism?
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt takes about 16 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours
A long haul
First published 1958. 873 pages, about 240,075 words.
32 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Totalitarianism, Imperialism, Antisemitism
