It takes the average reader 9 hours and 12 minutes to read Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
First published in Italy in 1957 amid international controversy, Doctor Zhivago is the story of the life and loves of a poet/physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to what he hopes will be shelter in the Ural Mountains, Zhivago finds himself instead embroiled in the battle between the Whites and the Reds. Set against this backdrop of cruelty and strife is Zhivago's love for the tender and beautiful Lara, the very embodiment of the pain and chaos of those cataclysmic times. Pevear and Volokhonsky masterfully restore the spirit of Pasternak's...
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak is 544 pages long, and a total of 138,176 words.
This makes it 184% the length of the average book. It also has 169% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 35 minutes to read Doctor Zhivago aloud.
Doctor Zhivago is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.
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