How long does it take to read Child of the Dark?
Carolina Maria de Jesus
Child of the Dark by Carolina Maria de Jesus takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1960. 182 pages, about 50,050 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A first-hand account of life in the streets of Sao Paulo from 1955 to 1960, details the plight of an artist, writer and single mother of three children who, while living in a hovel, supported her family by digging through the garbage for paper and scraps to sell.
Subjects: Poor, Social life and customs, Race relations, Blacks, Social conditions, Rural conditions
