How long does it take to read Mademoiselle Fifi?
Mademoiselle Fifi by Guy de Maupassant takes about 4 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1882. 252 pages, about 69,300 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 162 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The title story of this collection is, like many of the others, set during the Franco-Prussian war. As in so many of Maupassant’s stories he explores class barriers and looks at the contrasts between the French and German combatants.
Subjects: Social life and customs, War in Fiction, Description and travel, Travel, French Short stories, Facsimiles
