Candide
Voltaire ยท 1746
How long does it take to read Candide?
About 3 hours
152 pages at 50 pages an hour. 7 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
Brought up in the household of a powerful Baron, Candide is an open-minded young man, whose tutor, Pangloss, has instilled in him the belief that 'all is for the best'. But when his love for the Baron's rosy-cheeked daughter is discovered, Candide is cast out to make his own way in the world. And so he and his various companions begin a breathless tour of Europe, South America and Asia, as an outrageous series of disasters befall them - earthquakes, syphilis, a brush with the Inquisition, murder - sorely testing the young hero's optimism.
How long does it take to read Candide?
Candide is 152 pages, so it takes about 3 hours to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 4 hours 21 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 2 hours 10 minutes.
How many days to read Candide at 20 minutes a day?
About 10 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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