How long does it take to read Cigars of the Pharaoh?
Cigars of the Pharaoh by Hergé takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1934. 62 pages, about 17,050 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 63 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This "Young Readers" edition in small format adds to the 62-page original (a) a 7-page introduction to the main characters in the story, and (b) a 23-page section on "The real-life inspiration behind Tintin's adventures," by Stuart Tett with the collaboration of Studio Moulinsart.
Subjects: Novela gráfica, Adventure and adventurers, Fiction, Ficción juvenil, Aventuras, Comic books, strips
