How long does it take to read Caligula and Cross Purpose?
Caligula and Cross Purpose by Albert Camus takes about 4 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1900. 229 pages, about 62,975 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 |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 56 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
M Caligula is a play written by Albert Camus, begun in 1938 and published for the first time in May 1944 by Éditions Gallimard. The play was later the subject of numerous revisions. It was part of what the author called the "Cycle of the Absurd", with the novel The Stranger and the essay The Myth of Sisyphus.
Subjects: Drama, Théâtre, French drama, Théâtre français, Théâtre (genre littéraire) français
