How long does it take to read Scaphandre et le Papillon?
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Scaphandre et le Papillon by Jean-Dominique Bauby takes about 2 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 36 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1997. 142 pages, about 39,050 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The author, former editor of French Elle magazine, describes the rare stroke to the brain stem that left his mind intact in a nearly totally paralyzed body.
Subjects: Biography, Cerebrovascular Accident, Cerebrovascular disease, Health, Paralytics, Patients
