How long does it take to read The Quest of the Absolute?
The Quest of the Absolute by Honoré de Balzac takes about 5 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Human Comedy
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About 5 hours 36 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1800. 305 pages, about 83,875 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, general, France, fiction
