How long does it take to read The Bertie Project?
The Bertie Project by Alexander McCall Smith takes about 5 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 11 of 44 Scotland Street
Previous: The Revolving Door of Life Next: A Time of Love and Tartan
About 5 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1916. 323 pages, about 88,825 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Bertie's mother Irene returns from the Middle East to discover that, in her absence, her son has been exposed to the worst of evils--television shows, ice cream parlors, and even unsanctioned art at the National Portrait Gallery. Her wrath descends on Bertie's long-suffering father, Stuart. But Stuart seems to have a new spring in his step"--
Subjects: Mothers and sons, Fiction, Neighbors, Families, Edinburgh (scotland), fiction, Fiction, family life
