How long does it take to read Versprechen?
Versprechen by Friedrich Dürrenmatt takes about 3 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1959. 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 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A detective, unsatisfied with a suspect's confession to the murder of a little girl, tries to use another girl as bait to catch the killer.
Subjects: Mentally ill, Police, Murder, Investigation, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
