How long does it take to read Tragedy and Hope?
Tragedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley takes about 24 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 24 hours 43 minutes
A long haul
First published 1966. 1,348 pages, about 370,700 words.
50 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 41 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 24 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 15 hours 27 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
TRAGEDY AND HOPE shows the years 1895-1950 as a period of transition from the world dominated by Europe in the nineteenth century to the world of three blocs in the twentieth century. With clarity, perspective, and cumulative impact, Professor Quigley examines the nature of that transition through two world wars and a worldwide economic depression. As an interpretative historian, he tries to show each event in the full complexity of its historical context. The result is a unique work, notable in several ways. It gives a picture of the world in terms of the influence of different cultures and outlooks upon each other; it shows, more completely than in any similar work, the influence of science and technology on human life; and it explains, with unprecedented clarity, how the intricate financial and commercial patterns of the West prior to 1914 influenced the development of today's world.
Subjects: Modern History, Civilization, History, World history
