It takes the average reader 11 hours to read In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In Search of Lost Time (French: À la recherche du temps perdu)—also translated as Remembrance of Things Past—is a novel by Marcel Proust (1871–1922). His most prominent work, it is known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel began to take shape in 1909. Proust continued to work on it until his final illness in the autumn of 1922 forced him to break off. Proust established the structure early on, but even after volumes were initially finished he kept adding new material and edited one volume after...
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust is 660 pages long, and a total of 165,000 words.
This makes it 223% the length of the average book. It also has 202% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 1 minute to read In Search of Lost Time aloud.
In Search of Lost Time is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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