How long does it take to read Violence et le Sacré?
Violence et le Sacré by René Girard takes about 8 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 16 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1972. 451 pages, about 124,025 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies, Sacrifice, Vold, Gewalt, Sündenbock, Religion
