How long does it take to read The Breaking Point?
The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier takes about 5 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1959. 306 pages, about 84,150 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 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Every Sunday afternoon James Fenton and his wife took their usual walk. The pattern never changed. Then Fenton reached his breaking point. The idea of escape had never occurred to him before. But suddenly something clicked in his brain. He was aware of a sense of power within. He was in control. He was the master hand that set the puppets jiggling. So Fenton chose #8 Boulting Street as a starting point for the greatest adventure of his life. He rang the bell and a young woman answered. Fenton had the impulse to say "I have come to strangle you." Instead he took off his hat and smiled. "Do you rent rooms?" has asked.
Subjects: Suspense fiction, short stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general, Fiction, short stories (single author)
