How long does it take to read The Third Man and The Fallen Idol?
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1950. 188 pages, about 51,700 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 32 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Initially written as a screenplay Greene later transferred the film treatment to novel form as a novella, published together with The Fallen Idol. Set in post-war Vienna the story concerns the mysterious Harry Lime, a black market trader thought by the authorities to be dead.
Subjects: British, Criminals, Diplomats, Fiction, Master and servant, Detective and mystery stories
