How long does it take to read The Broken Ear?
The Broken Ear by Hergé takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 6 of The Adventures of Tintin
Previous: The Blue Lotus Next: The Black Island
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1937. 62 pages, about 17,050 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Determined to recover an Indian fetish stolen from the Museum of Ethnography, Tintin and Snowy follow a curious trail that leads to South America, revolution, and hostile jungle Indians.
Subjects: Comic books, strips, Pictorial Belgian wit and humor, Adventure and adventurers, Pictorial French wit and humor, Cartoons and comics, Fiction
