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How long does it take to read Monsieur?

Lawrence Durrell

Monsieur by Lawrence Durrell takes about 5 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

Part of The Avignon Quintet

Next: Livia

About 5 hours 36 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1974. 305 pages, about 83,875 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 19 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 36 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Three lovers and comrades seek happiness in a dilapidated chateau near history-enveloped Avignon, but must contend with madness, eerie obsessions, and darker demonic forces.

Subjects: Fiction, general, English fiction, Philosophy, Fiction, Gnosticism, Human sacrifice

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