How long does it take to read Jean-Christophe?
Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland takes about 9 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 14 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1900. 504 pages, about 138,600 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 108 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Supposedly based on Beethoven, Jean-Christophe Krafft's life, personality, and artistic development are the themes of this series of volumes, along with the difficulties of the artist in society.
Subjects: Musicians in fiction, Musicians, Fiction, Chinese fiction, French fiction, Fiction, psychological
