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How long does it take to read The Victim?

Saul Bellow

The Victim by Saul Bellow takes about 5 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 11 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1947. 283 pages, about 77,825 words.

11 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 39 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 11 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 15 minutes

The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Asa Leventhal ... is accosted in a park near his home by a down-at-the-heels stranger who accuses him of ruining his life ... Leventhal gradually succumbs to the man's story and comes to believe that he has, in fact, caused the man irreparable damage ... [he] descends into a nightmare of paranoia and fear"--P. [4] of cover.

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