How long does it take to read Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson?
G. I. Gurdjieff, A. Orage, Jeanne de Salzmann, Henri Tracol
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson by G. I. Gurdjieff, A. Orage, Jeanne de Salzmann, Henri Tracol takes about 21 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 21 hours 12 minutes
A long haul
First published 1950. 1,156 pages, about 317,900 words.
43 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 35 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Human beings, Mysticism, Philosophy, Russian Philosophy, Forests and forestry, Juvenile fiction