How long does it take to read The Social Cancer?
The Social Cancer by José Rizal takes about 8 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 14 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1902. 449 pages, about 123,475 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 135 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The book revolves on the struggles of young Crisostomo Ibarra: how he humbly fights for his childhood sweetheart Maria Clara, for himself and for his fellowmen against the Spanish priest Padre Damaso and the Spanish Government who were then conquerors of San Diego, his native hometown. Coming home to San Diego from Spain to mourn for his father's death, he learned how his father, a rich illustrado, suffered prior to his death. However, he was surprised by the facts how his father had been treated during a trial and after he died. After learning about this, he decided to continue his father's plan of building a school while reuniting with Maria Clara, his childhood sweetheart from a wealthy family while the former parish priest Padre Damaso keeps on rejecting both. Thus, the story of how the Filipinos got afflicted with the "Cancer of the Society" during the Spanish era is told by none other than the National Hero of the Philippines. Many characters who symbolize every type of Filipino during those times have revolved around these characters. Get a glimpse of how the Filipinos fight for their own right, in their own ways during the 17th century.
Content warnings (AI-checked, may be incomplete)
- violence
- death of a child
- abuse
- drug use
Subjects: Economics, Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Philippines, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Man-woman relationships, fiction
