How long does it take to read The Persistent Desire?
The Persistent Desire by Joan Nestle takes about 9 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 13 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1992. 503 pages, about 138,325 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Surveys a decade of the attempt to reconstruct and understand the meaning and value of butch-femme relations for the contemporary lesbian, drawing on oral history, fiction, poetry, and fantasy
Subjects: Lesbians' writings, American, Sexual behavior, Lesbians, Literary collections, Poetry, Sexuality
