How long does it take to read Paris?
Paris by Émile Zola takes about 8 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 3 of The Three Cities
Previous: Rome
About 8 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1897. 488 pages, about 134,200 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Ce matin-la, vers la fin de janvier, labbe Pierre Froment, qui avait une messe a dire au Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre, seretrouvait des huit heures sur la Butte devant la basilique. Et,avant dentrer, un instant il regarda Paris, dont la mer immense se deroulait a ses pieds.
Subjects: Fiction, Catholics, Man-woman relationships, Clergy in fiction, Man-woman relationships in fiction, Catholics in fiction
