How long does it take to read The Uses of Enchantment?
the meaning and importance of fairy tales
The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim takes about 6 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 340 pages, about 93,500 words. Written for children.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Discusses how fairy tales are used to educate, support, and liberate the emotions of children; how the tales reveal the child, subconsciously to himself.
Subjects: Folklore and children, History and criticism, Fairy tales, Children's stories, Psychological aspects, Psychoanalysis and folklore
