How long does it take to read Totem and Taboo?
Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud takes about 3 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1913. 210 pages, about 57,750 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 70 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Freud investigates the function and structure of totemic systems among primitive peoples and presents a psychoanalytical study of modern taboos.
Subjects: Totemism, Taboo, Psychoanalysis, Neuroses, Ethnophilosophy, Ethnopsychology