How long does it take to read The Shape of Things to Come?
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The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells takes about 7 hours 54 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 54 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1933. 431 pages, about 118,525 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 54 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A futuristic novel in which Wells predicts, along with the Second World War, an eventual rise of a World State run by a benevolent dictatorship. This state promotes science over religion and enforces English as a global language and finally paves the way for a true Utopian State. The version below called "Things to Come" is not the book by Wells; it is a description of the film made much later.
Subjects: Modern History, Prophecies, Forecasts, Twenty-first century, Twentieth century, Civilization
