How long does it take to read The Second Sex?
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir takes about 13 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 21 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1949. 728 pages, about 200,200 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 22 hours 15 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 90 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months between 1946 and 1949. She published the work in two volumes: Facts and Myths (Les faits et les mythes), and Lived Experience (L’expérience vécue). Some chapters first appeared in the journal Les Temps modernes. One of Beauvoir’s best-known books, The Second Sex is often regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy, and as the starting inspiration point of second-wave feminism.
Subjects: Women, Sex, Feminism, Sexual Behavior, Non-Fiction, Gender
