How long does it take to read Les Fourmis?
Les Fourmis by Bernard Werber takes about 6 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of The Ants trilogy
Next: The Day of the Ants
About 6 hours 26 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 351 pages, about 96,525 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
'Les Fourmis' is the first novel in a science-fiction trilogy written by the writer and entomologist Bernard Werber. It was released in 1991 and was entitled 'Empire of the Ants' in the English translation. It follows two parallel stories; one describes the events in the life of a male formica rufa ant in a colony in a Paris park, while the other follows a human character, who investigates the cellar of a house recently bequeathed to him by a mysterious uncle. He does not return from the cellar, and nor do friends and family who follow him. The characteristics of the ants (such as their intelligence and level of communication) are based on scientific research, but are significantly exaggerated.
Subjects: Ants, Fiction, Science Fiction, Turkish Proverbs, Dictionaries, Idioms
