How long does it take to read The Little Drummer Girl?
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré takes about 10 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 29 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1983. 572 pages, about 157,300 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 27 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Charlie is a promiscuous, unsuccessful, left-wing English actress in her twenties, searching for commitment. We meet her first with a group of acting kids, taking a holiday on the Greek island of Mykonos. Kurtz is an officer of Israeli intelligence, whose job is to stop the bombing of Jews in Europe. The Little Drummer Girl is a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times.
Subjects: Actresses, Actresses in fiction, Intelligence officers in fiction, British in fiction, Intelligence officers, Terrorism in fiction
