How long does it take to read The Colditz Story?
P. R. Reid
The Colditz Story by P. R. Reid takes about 4 hours 37 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 37 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1952. 252 pages, about 69,300 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 37 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A realistic portrayal of life as a prisoner of war based on Reid’s own experiences as a prisoner in Colditz Castle, a high security German P.O.W. camp during WW2.
Subjects: Prisoners of war, German prisons, Schloss Colditz (Colditz, Germany), Escapes, British Personal narratives, German Prisoners and prisons
