How long does it take to read The Wife of Martin Guerre?
Janet Lewis, Marta Pera Cucurell
The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis, Marta Pera Cucurell takes about 2 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours
An evening's read
First published 1941. 109 pages, about 29,975 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Long enough to develop complex characters, yet concise enough for unity of effect, the “beautiful and blessed nouvelle” — as Henry James called it — seems capable of rare artistic perfection. And one of its most perfect examples is Janet Lewis’s “The Wife of Martin Guerre.” (from a review in Washington Post Newspaper. The novel was published in 1941)
Subjects: English fiction, Fiction, Married women, truth, social pressure, Fiction, general
