How long does it take to read The Black Brothers?
a novel in pictures
Lisa Tetzner
The Black Brothers by Lisa Tetzner takes about 2 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 38 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2004. 144 pages, about 39,600 words. Written for children.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In the middle of the 19th century, poor farmers from Ticino sold their children across the Swiss-Italian border to work as "living broomsticks" in the chimneys of Milan. Thirteen-year-old Giorgio's father had no choice but to sell his son; now Giorgio survives with the help of his friend Alfredo and their secret society, the Black Brothers.
Subjects: Teenage boys, Juvenile fiction, Chimney sweeps, Friendship, History, Children's fiction
