How long does it take to read Lost Illusions?
Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac takes about 12 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Human Comedy
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About 12 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1837. 664 pages, about 182,600 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 71 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Facsimiles of the manuscript and of a corrected printed edition of part 1 of Illusions perdues, entitled Les deux poètes.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction, Chinese fiction, Manuscripts, French fiction, Art
