How long does it take to read The Princess of Cleves?
Madame de Lafayette, Everett Carll Ladd, Ann Gostyn Serow, Thomas Sergeant Perry, La Rochefoucauld, Jean Mesnard, Jérôme Lecompte, H. Ashton, Robin Buss, Duas Duas Columnas, M. Philippe Ballin, Selina Hastings, Nancy Mitford, Alba Longa, Rostand Breck, Leonard Tancock, Jérémy Lasseaux, Li yu min, Josep Antoni Grimalt Gomila, Emma Calatayud, Nicole d'Amonville Alegría, Yvonne Jocks, Thomas Perry, Jules Garnier, A. Lamotte
The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette, Everett Carll Ladd, Ann Gostyn Serow, Thomas Sergeant Perry, La Rochefoucauld, Jean Mesnard, Jérôme Lecompte, H. Ashton, Robin Buss, Duas Duas Columnas, M. Philippe Ballin, Selina Hastings, Nancy Mitford, Alba Longa, Rostand Breck, Leonard Tancock, Jérémy Lasseaux, Li yu min, Josep Antoni Grimalt Gomila, Emma Calatayud, Nicole d'Amonville Alegría, Yvonne Jocks, Thomas Perry, Jules Garnier, A. Lamotte takes about 3 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1678. 199 pages, about 54,725 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 417 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Princess of Cleves is a French novel published in 1678 that is regarded as one of the first psychological novels. The plot is set in the royal court of Henry II of France.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Married women, Nobility, Princesses, Married women -- Fiction.
