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How long does it take to read Chronicle in Stone?

Ismail Kadare, Arshi Pipa, David Bellos

Chronicle in Stone by Ismail Kadare, Arshi Pipa, David Bellos takes about 5 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 31 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1973. 301 pages, about 82,775 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 12 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 27 minutes

The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Follows a young man's efforts to juggle the challenges of growing up during the terrors of World War II, a period marked by devastating cruelty, simple pleasures, and mind-opening literature.

Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, Albania, fiction, War stories

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