How long does it take to read The Red and the Black?
The Red and the Black by Stendhal takes about 9 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 36 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1830. 524 pages, about 144,100 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours |
The page count is the median across 404 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The story of an ambitious youth without birth or fortune in France in the 19th century.
Subjects: Fiction, Young men, Social life and customs, Church and state, Ambition, Criticism and interpretation
