How long does it take to read Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield?
Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo takes about 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 11 of Asterix
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About 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 48 pages, about 13,200 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire after their conquest in the Gallic Wars of the 50s BC. After this, the Gauls were culturally assimilated into a Gallo-Roman culture until they eventually lost their tribal identities by the end of 1 AD. The humorous Asterix stories are set about 50 BC, when the Romans occupied the Gauls territory (modern day France) and some people still resisted the Roman occupation repeatedly. In this adventure, Asterix and his faithful bumbling sidekick Obelix obtain a chieftain's shield.
Subjects: Graphic novels, Fiction, Cartoons and comics, Comic books, strips, Children's fiction, Comic books, strips, etc.
