How long does it take to read The Tyranny of Words?
Stuart Chase
The Tyranny of Words by Stuart Chase takes about 7 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 16 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1938. 396 pages, about 108,900 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Thought and thinking, Meaning (Psychology), Linguistica
