How long does it take to read Father Goriot?
Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Human Comedy
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About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1800. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 439 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
SCOTT (copy 1): The Hédi Bouraoui Collection in Maghrebian and Franco-Ontario Literatures is the gift of University Professor Emeritus Hédi Bouraoui.
Subjects: Fiction, France in fiction, Older men in fiction, Older men, Fathers and daughters, Fathers and daughters in fiction
