How long does it take to read Banco?
the further adventures of Papillon.
Banco by Henri Charrière takes about 5 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1900. 297 pages, about 81,675 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The follow up to Papillon, this is the concluding part of Charriere's memoirs, set mostly in Venezuela.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Non-Fiction, Biography, Prisoners, Personal narratives, Prisonniers
