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How long does it take to read A Hero of Our Time?

Mikhail Lermontov

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 31 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1966. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Russia (federation), fiction

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