How long does it take to read The Secret Life of Saeed?
The Pessoptimist
Emile Habiby, Trevor Le Gassick
The Secret Life of Saeed by Emile Habiby, Trevor Le Gassick takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Jewish-Arab relations, Fiction, Literary, Fiction - General, Fiction, political, Middle east, fiction
