Reading Time
1 hrs 30 mins
How long to read The Fire Next Time?
The estimated word count of The Fire Next Time is 22,475 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 1 hrs 30 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 30 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 0 hrs 50 mins.
| The Fire Next Time - 22,475 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 1 hrs 30 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 0 hrs 50 mins |
- Authors
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James Baldwin
More about The Fire Next Time
22,475 words
Word Count
for The Fire Next Time
2 hours and 25 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing, brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.