How long does it take to read Shielding the Flame?
Hanna Krall
Shielding the Flame by Hanna Krall takes about 2 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 16 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 124 pages, about 34,100 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Ethnic relations, History, Jews, Persecutions, Poland, biography, Race Relations
