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How long does it take to read The Prodigy?

Hermann Hesse

The Prodigy by Hermann Hesse takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 27 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1900. 188 pages, about 51,700 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 45 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 27 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 9 minutes

The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

188 pages ; 20 cm

Subjects: Fiction, Child psychopathology, Gifted children, Education, Gifted children -- Fiction

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