How long does it take to read Bonjour Tristesse?
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan takes about 2 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1954. 154 pages, about 42,350 words. Written for young adults.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 96 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The literary sensation of Paris in 1954 was "Bonjour Tristesse," a novel written by an eighteen year, old girl. By 1955 in translation it was offered to American readers. Some found it shocking but here was a talent extraordinary for its maturity of style and its adult perceptiveness of human character.
Subjects: French fiction, Fathers and daughters, Domestic Architecture, Fiction, Revenge, Teenage girls
