How long does it take to read The Yellow Dog?
The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon takes about 3 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Jules Maigret
About 3 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1931. 183 pages, about 50,325 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 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 36 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Maigret is in Rennes to reorganize their flying squad, and is called to Concarneau where Monsieur Mostaguen, a respectable citizen, has been shot dead while leaving the Admiral Café. Mostanguen was a member of a group that met regularly at the cafe, and at first here appears to be no reason for the crime. Circumstances point to him being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Then another member of the group is wounded, one is found poisoned, and strychnine is discovered in others' drinks. Throw in a meek waitress, a ferocious vagrant, and a yellow dog, and Maigret has to dig deep into the past to find the motive — and the real murderer.
Subjects: Fiction, Jules Maigret (Fictitious character), Police, Paris (france), fiction, France, fiction, Meurtre
