How long does it take to read A Day of Pleasure?
Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw
A Day of Pleasure by Isaac Bashevis Singer takes about 4 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1963. 227 pages, about 62,425 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Nineteen autobiographical stories about the author's childhood in Poland from 1908 to 1918.
Subjects: Biography, Yiddish Authors, Childhood and youth, Social life and customs, Homes and haunts, Jews
