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How long does it take to read Maigret and the Old Lady?

Georges Simenon

Maigret and the Old Lady by Georges Simenon takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 3 hours 28 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1950. 189 pages, about 51,975 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 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 28 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 10 minutes

The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

When a charming elderly widow appeals to him for help, Inspector Maigret travels to a seaside village in Normandy - uncovering a lost fortune and some poisonous family politics.

Subjects: Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Paris (france), fiction, Maigret, Jules (Personnage fictif), Romans, nouvelles

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