How long does it take to read When Prophecy Fails?
a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter
When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter takes about 4 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 41 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 255 pages, about 70,125 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.
Subjects: disconfirmation behavior, news media, Prophecies, proselyting, Prophecies (occultism), End of the world
