How long does it take to read What's Wrong with the World?
G. K. Chesterton, CrossReach Publications
What's Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton, CrossReach Publications takes about 3 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1910. 174 pages, about 47,850 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours |
The page count is the median across 213 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
I originally called this book "What is Wrong," and it would have satisfied your sardonic temper to note the number of social misunderstandings that arose from the use of the title. Many a mild lady visitor opened her eyes when I remarked casually, I have been doing 'What is Wrong' all this morning. And one minister of religion moved quite sharply in his chair when I told him (as he understood it) that I had to run upstairs and do what was wrong, but should be down again in a minute.
Subjects: Social problems, Women, Suffrage, Feminism, Divorce, Eugenics
