How long does it take to read The Banquet Years?
The Banquet Years by Roger Shattuck takes about 7 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1958. 397 pages, about 109,175 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The modernism of our times explained through a study of four significant men.
Subjects: Intellectual life, Avant-garde (esthétique), Vie intellectuelle, France, intellectual life