How long does it take to read A Very Easy Death?
A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir takes about 2 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 51 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1964. 155 pages, about 42,625 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Simone de Beauvoir's short memoir covers the weeks in autumn 1963 when her elderly mother, Françoise, is hospitalised after a fall and then found to have a terminal cancer. Beauvoir and her sister conceal the diagnosis from their mother and face a painful choice about whether she should undergo an operation. Alongside the bedside vigil, Beauvoir recounts her mother's earlier life, shaped by a constrained upbringing and marriage, and examines their strained relationship. The book is a reflection on guilt, grief, family ties and the way death is experienced even when expected.
This summary was written by AI and checked by a second AI model. How these are chosen.
Subjects: Biographies, Mort, Romans, Écrivaines françaises, Biography, Mères
