How long does it take to read Maigret's Christmas?
Maigret's Christmas by Georges Simenon takes about 4 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1951. 223 pages, about 61,325 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A selection of short stories featuring Inspector Maigret of the Police Judiciare. Only the title story is set at Christmas-time; the others vary in season and also from Maigret's time on the force and after his retirement.
Subjects: Fiction, French Detective and mystery stories, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, France, fiction, Paris (france), fiction
