It takes the average reader 8 hours and 5 minutes to read The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work by Trevor H. J. Marchand
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Against the backdrop of an alienating, technologizing and ever-accelerating world of material production, this book tells an intimate story: one about a community of woodworkers training at an historic institution in London’s East End during the present ‘renaissance of craftsmanship’. The animated and scholarly accounts of learning, achievement and challenges reveal the deep human desire to create with our hands, the persistent longing to find meaningful work, and the struggle to realise dreams. In its penetrating explorations of the nature of embodied skill, the book champions greater...
The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work by Trevor H. J. Marchand is 482 pages long, and a total of 121,464 words.
This makes it 163% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 3 minutes to read The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work aloud.
The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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