How long does it take to read The Patience of Maigret?
The Patience of Maigret by Georges Simenon takes about 3 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 3 hours 24 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1939. 185 pages, about 50,875 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 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 24 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 28 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
For over two decades Superintendent Maigret has been stumped in his efforts to identify the operators of a gang conducting daring daylight smash-and-run jewelry store robberies. When the body of Corsican immigrant Manuel Palmari turns up slumped in his wheelchair in his apartment, a bullet through his neck, Maigret begins by interviewing the other residents of his apartment building. Within this interesting mix of characters, a secret buried since WW II comes to light, providing a crucial clue.
Subjects: mystery, Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, France, fiction, Paris (france), fiction
