How long does it take to read The Old Man and the Medal?
The Old Man and the Medal by Ferdinand Oyono takes about 3 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1967. 167 pages, about 45,925 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction, general, Cameroonian fiction (French), Cameroonian fiction (English), Colonies, Household employees
