How long does it take to read Disgrace?
Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee takes about 4 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 38 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1999. 253 pages, about 69,575 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 56 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
David Lurie, a twice-divorced white professor of English in post-apartheid Cape Town, teaches communications at a technical university and feels dissatisfied with his work. His reckless pursuit of sexual affairs reaches a breaking point when he seduces one of his students, a vulnerable young woman. When the relationship comes to light, a committee judges his conduct, and he refuses to show contrition. Stripped of his position and reputation, he leaves the city for the Eastern Cape farm of his daughter Lucy, where a changing country tests him.
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Subjects: abortion, euthanasia, animal shelters, agoraphobia, Domestic fiction, Farm life
