How Long to Read Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

How Long Does it Take to Read Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 27 minutes to read Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay

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Description

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a history of popular folly by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: "National Delusions," "Peculiar Follies," and "Philosophical Delusions." Despite its journalistic and rather sensational style, the book has gathered a body of academic support as a work of considerable importance in the history of social psychology and psychopathology. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include economic bubbles, alchemy, crusades, witch-hunts, prophecies, fortune-telling, magnetisers (influence of imagination in curing disease), shape of hair and beard (influence of politics and religion on), murder through poisoning, haunted houses, popular follies of great cities, popular admiration of great thieves, duels, and relics. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias and Michael Lewis, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. Scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan mentioned the book in his own discussion about pseudoscience, popular delusions, and hoaxes.

How long is Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay is 742 pages long, and a total of 186,984 words.

This makes it 250% the length of the average book. It also has 229% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 1 minute to read Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds aloud.

What Reading Level is Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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