How long does it take to read A Bell for Adano?
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey takes about 4 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 56 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 269 pages, about 73,975 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 31 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A story about an Italian-American army officer in Sicily during World War II, who tries to help the people of the town of Adano get a new town bell after the Fascists had the old one melted down.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Fiction, general, Italy, fiction
