How long does it take to read Gobseck?
Gobseck by Honoré de Balzac takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Human Comedy
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About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1860. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
