How long does it take to read The Besieged City?
Clarice Lispector, Johnny Lorenz
The Besieged City by Clarice Lispector, Johnny Lorenz takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 179 pages, about 49,225 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Revised edition of Lispector's third novel is based on its second edition, the last one reformulated by the author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Brazil, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Women, Fiction, Bilingual
