How long does it take to read The Silence of the Sea =?
le silence de la mer : a novel of French resistance during World War II
Vercors
The Silence of the Sea = by Vercors takes about 1 hour 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 34 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1944. 85 pages, about 23,375 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Fiction, Underground movements, History, War Underground movements, France, fiction
