How long does it take to read Simone de Beauvoir?
Simone de Beauvoir by Deirdre Bair takes about 13 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 13 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 718 pages, about 197,450 words.
27 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 13 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Explores every facet of Beauvoir's life and thought.
Subjects: Biography, Feminists, French Authors, French Women authors, Biographies
