How long does it take to read My Friend Maigret?
My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Maigret collection
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About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1949. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When a small time crook—a drunk, thug, pimp, and thief—is murdered on a small Mediterranean island just after he was heard boasting loudly about his policeman "friend" Maigret, Inspector Maigret is compelled to leave Paris to investigate the crime. But no one seems to have a motive for the killing. Not the old English lady and her male "secretary," nor the aging prostitute or the Dutch anarchist. But all of them have secrets they prefer to keep hidden.
Subjects: Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Inspector Maigret (Fictitious character), France, fiction, Kriminalfall
