How long does it take to read The Search for the Perfect Language?
The Search for the Perfect Language by Umberto Eco takes about 7 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1995. 385 pages, about 105,875 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Europe, Filosofía, Lingua universal, Lenguaje e idiomas, Linguistica, Origen
