How long does it take to read A Fortunate Man?
the story of a country doctor
A Fortunate Man by John Berger takes about 3 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 168 pages, about 46,200 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Rural Medicine, Physicians (General practice), Biography, Physicians, History of Medicine, Physicians, biography
