How long does it take to read The Old Man Mad About Drawing?
François Place
The Old Man Mad About Drawing by François Place takes about 1 hour 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2004. 105 pages, about 28,875 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tojiro, a young seller of rice cakes in the Japanese capital of Edo, later known as Tokyo, is amazed to discover that the grumpy and shabby old man who buys his cakes is a famous artist renowned for his sketches, prints, and paintings of flowers, animals, and landscapes.
Subjects: Artists, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Social life and customs, Children's fiction, Artists, fiction
