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How long does it take to read Maigret and the Wine Merchant?

Georges Simenon, Eileen Ellenbogen

Maigret and the Wine Merchant by Georges Simenon, Eileen Ellenbogen takes about 3 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 3 hours 26 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1970. 187 pages, about 51,425 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 43 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 26 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 9 minutes

The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

French chief inspector Maigret investigates the murder of a wealthy wine merchant outside of a house of ill repute. But no one seems to care that Oscar Chabut is dead.

Subjects: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Wine and wine making, Paris (france), fiction

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