How long does it take to read Birdsong?
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks takes about 9 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1993. 500 pages, about 137,500 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 46 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale.Set before and during the great war, Birdsong captures the drama of that era on both a national and a personal scale. It is the story of Stephen, a young Englishman, who arrives in Amiens in 1910. His life goes through a series of traumatic experiences, from the clandestine love affair that tears apart the family with whom he lives, to the unprecedented experiences of the war itself.
Subjects: Love stories, Fiction, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, romance, historical, France, fiction
