How long does it take to read The Sexual Life of Savages in North-western Melanesia?
an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-western Melanesia by Bronislaw Malinowski takes about 11 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1929. 603 pages, about 165,825 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Ethnology, Sex, Family, Primitive societies, Families, Sex customs
