How long does it take to read Friday?
Michel Tournier
Friday by Michel Tournier takes about 3 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 203 pages, about 55,825 words. Written for children.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 46 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Friday, winner of the 1967 Grand Prix du Roman of the Academie Francaise, is a sly, enchanting retelling of the legend of Robinson Crusoe by the man the New Yorker calls "France's best and probably best-known writer." Cast away on a tropical island, Michel Tournier's god-fearing Crusoe sets out to tame it, to remake it in the image of the civilization he has left behind. Alone and against incredible odds, he almost succeeds. Then a mulatto named Friday appears and teaches Robinson that there are, after all, better things in life than civilization.
Subjects: Fiction, Shipwreck survival, Children's fiction, French fiction, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction
