How long does it take to read The Lost Weekend?
Charles Jackson
The Lost Weekend by Charles Jackson takes about 4 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 244 pages, about 67,100 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism. Made into a motion picture.
Subjects: Fiction, Alcoholics, Alcoholism, Fictional Works, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, general
