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How long does it take to read Lock No. 1?

Georges Simenon

Lock No. 1 by Georges Simenon takes about 3 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of Maigret collection

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About 3 hours 14 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1933. 176 pages, about 48,400 words.

7 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 23 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 14 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 1 minute

The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

Subjects: Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Paris (france), fiction

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