How long does it take to read Talkative Man?
Talkative Man by R. K. Narayan takes about 2 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 15 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1986. 123 pages, about 33,825 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 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, City and town life, India, fiction
