How long does it take to read Schoolgirl?
Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai takes about 1 hour 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 57 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2011. 106 pages, about 29,150 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. Now it illuminates the prevalent social structures of a lost time, as well as the struggle of the individual against them--a theme that occupied Dazai's life both personally and professionally. This new translation preserves the playful language of the original and offers the reader a new window into the mind of one of the greatest Japanese authors of the 20th century.
Subjects: Fiction & Literature (Japanese)
