How long does it take to read Un Début Dans la Vie?
Un Début Dans la Vie by Honoré de Balzac takes about 5 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Human Comedy
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About 5 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1891. 295 pages, about 81,125 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
