How long does it take to read The Group?
The Group by Mary McCarthy takes about 7 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1954. 397 pages, about 109,175 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 53 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
THE GROUP follows eight graduates from exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip and party in 1930s Manhattan. THE GROUP can be seen as the original SEX AND THE CITY. It is the first novel to frankly portray women's real lives, exploring subjects such as sex, contraception, motherhood and marriage.
Subjects: Fiction, Women college graduates, Women, Fiction, general, Femmes, Romans, nouvelles
