How long does it take to read Pot-bouille?
Pot-bouille by Émile Zola takes about 8 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 10 of Les Rougon-Macquart
Previous: Nana Next: The Ladies' Paradise
About 8 hours 55 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1882. 486 pages, about 133,650 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 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Pot-Bouille is the tenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. The novel is an indictment of the mores of the bourgeoisie of the Second French Empire. It is set in a Parisian apartment building, a relatively new housing arrangement at the time and its title (roughly translating as stew pot) reflects the disparate and sometimes unpleasant elements lurking behind the building's new façade.
Subjects: Fiction, Middle class, Paris (France), Embroidery, History, Technique
