How long does it take to read Droll Stories?
Droll Stories by Honoré de Balzac takes about 8 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 59 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1855. 490 pages, about 134,750 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 140 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A collection of stories with a mediaeval theme rather after the style of Rabelais. Early editions were illustrated by Gustav Dore and were published by Garnier Freres of Paris. The stories range from the absurd to the downright grim but the illustrations give them a life of their own. Rather off-putting to the reader used to modern French, the stories are written in an archaic French that is not always easy to interpret.
Subjects: Social life and customs, France in fiction, Fiction, French Short stories, Short stories, Manners and customs
