How long does it take to read The Stress of My Life?
a scientist's memoirs
The Stress of My Life by Hans Selye takes about 4 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 272 pages, about 74,800 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Biography, Medical scientists, Stress (Physiology), Physicians, Canada, Montréal
