How long does it take to read The Great Cat Massacre?
and other episodes in French cultural history
Robert Darnton, Eugène Dabekaussen, Barbara de Lange, Tilly Maters
The Great Cat Massacre by Robert Darnton, Eugène Dabekaussen, Barbara de Lange, Tilly Maters takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 304 pages, about 83,600 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 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this series of essays, Robert Darnton exhumes the strange and wonderful world views of the ordinary and extraordinary people inhabiting the cities, towns and countryside of France in what we like to call the age of enlightenment.
Subjects: Civilization, Folklore, French National characteristics, France, intellectual life, France, civilization, history, France, social life and customs
