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How long does it take to read Beethoven?

les grandes époques créatrices

Romain Rolland

Beethoven by Romain Rolland takes about 4 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 28 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1903. 244 pages, about 67,100 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 27 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 28 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 48 minutes

The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Composers, Criticism and interpretation, Biography, Biographies, Compositeurs

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