How long does it take to read La Perle de L'empereur?
La Perle de L'empereur by Robert van Gulik takes about 5 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Van Gulik's Judge Dee series
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About 5 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 285 pages, about 78,375 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 16 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.