How long does it take to read Les Paysans?
Les Paysans by Honoré de Balzac takes about 9 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Human Comedy
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About 9 hours 5 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1975. 495 pages, about 136,125 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 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Country life
