How long does it take to read Exercises in Style?
Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1947. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 40 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Queneau uses a variety of literary styles and forms in ninety-nine exercises which retell the same story about a minor brawl aboard a bus.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Französisch, Experimentelle Literatur, French Experimental fiction, Literary style, Kürzestgeschichte
