How long does it take to read The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4?
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend takes about 4 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Adrian Mole series
About 4 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 244 pages, about 67,100 words. Written for young adults.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 60 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From book jacket: Adrian Mole is a worrier. The problems of existence hit him hard. Spots, bits of him that won't seem to keep still, the cracks in his parents' marriage, all prey heavily on his mind. There are some consolations. A 14 year old feminist, an 89 year old chain smoker and his spoilt best friend all help to lift the gloomy introspection of Mole's moods. Mole believes he is an intellectual. He is certainly a poet. He buys strikingly coloured stationery on which to write his poems and send them to the B.B.C. He is dogged by ill health as well as by an infuriatingly ever-present pet dog, and by a catalogue of misfortunes familiar to anyone over the age of 13. ... Sue Townsend's original creation .. [is] a hilarious delight.
Subjects: Adolescence, Adrian Mole (Fictitious character), Diaries, Drama, Fiction, Humorous stories
