How long does it take to read Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress?
Dai Sijie
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2002. 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 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
