How long does it take to read Pather Panchali?
Song of the Road
Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa
Pather Panchali by Bibhūtibhūshaṇa Bandyopādhyāẏa takes about 6 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1968. 328 pages, about 90,200 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
'Pather Panchali' or 'Song of the Road' is a book wonderful beyond words & a must read for children as well as adults. Renowned Bengali author Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay portrays his own childhood days through the life of Apu, the lead character. The book is all about Apu's boyhood, his innocence, his amazement at every unknown flower growing by the country side, his indifference at his family's immense poverty, his days filled with childish imaginations, his friendship and fights with elder sister, Durga, his world of his own and his days of growing up. Bengal's natural beauty is captured by the author's unmatchable style of writing. His strong yet subdued choice of words brings alive every minute details only to leave the reader craving for more. preview by- Srutiparna Ghosh
Subjects: Fiction, Philosophy, asian, Rural families, Social life and customs, Songs, indic
