How long does it take to read Sashenka?
Sashenka by Simon Sebag-Montefiore takes about 10 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 42 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 584 pages, about 160,600 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"It is over twenty years since beautiful, headstrong Sashenka Zeitlin slipped away from her family home to play her part in a dangerous game of conspiracy and intrigue. Now she is married to a rich and powerful man and has two children. All around her people are disappearing, although she and her family seem safe. But she is about to embark on a forbidden love affair which will have devastating consequences."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Family secrets, Fiction, History, Women historians, Fiction, family life, Soviet union, fiction
