How long does it take to read The Sigh?
Marjane Satrapi, Edward Gauvin
The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi, Edward Gauvin takes about 1 hour 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 2 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2010. 56 pages, about 15,400 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the author of Persepolis, comes this illustrated fairy tale. Rose is one of three daughters of a rich merchant who always brings gifts for his girls from the market. One day Rose asks for the seed of a blue bean, but he fails to find one for her. She lets out a sigh in resignation, and her sigh attracts the Sigh, a mysterious being that brings the seed she desired to the merchant. But every debt has to be paid, and every gift has a price, and the Sigh returns a year later to take the merchant's daughter to a secret and distant palace
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, Promises, Fairy tales, Princes, Juvenile fiction, Comic books, strips
