How long does it take to read The Castafiore Emerald?
The Castafiore Emerald by Hergé takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of The Adventures of Tintin
Previous: The Black Island Next: The Crab with the Golden Claws
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1963. 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 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Tintin and Captain Haddock happen across a community of gypsies they invite them home . . . just as Bianca Castafiore, the famous opera singer, decides to visit Tintin. It's chaos at Marlinspike Hall, and then a precious emerald goes missing!
Subjects: Children's fiction, Comic books, strips, Adventure and adventurers, Fiction, Pictorial Belgian wit and humor, Cartoons and comics
