How long does it take to read A Train in Winter?
an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France
Caroline Moorehead
A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead takes about 6 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 51 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 374 pages, about 102,850 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II.
Subjects: Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Women concentration camp inmates, Underground movements, Female friendship, Women prisoners of war, Women
