How long does it take to read The Good Soldier Schweik?
Jaroslav Hašek
The Good Soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hašek takes about 11 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 26 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1926. 624 pages, about 171,600 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 117 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
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