How long does it take to read La Regenta?
Leopoldo Alas
La Regenta by Leopoldo Alas takes about 12 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 42 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1884. 693 pages, about 190,575 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 136 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town. And when she embarks on a quest for fulfillment through religion and even adultery, a bitter struggle begins between a powerful priest and a would-be Don Juan for the passionate young woman’s body and soul. Scandalizing contemporary Spain when it was first published in 1885, with its searing critique of the Church and its frank treatment of sex, La Regenta is a compelling and witty depiction of the complacent and frivolous world of upper-class society. - Random House
Subjects: Literature & Fiction, Fantasy - Contemporary, Fiction, Fiction, general, Spanish fiction, Women
