How long does it take to read Citizens?
a chronicle of the French Revolution
Citizens by Simon Schama takes about 17 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 23 minutes
A long haul
First published 1989. 948 pages, about 260,700 words.
35 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 28 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 52 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Considers the fullest resources of social, cultural, and political history and includes accounts of private and public lives to help see the reality of the revolution.
Subjects: Französische Revolution, Histoire, Geschichte, Nonfiction, Franse Revolutie, History
