The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). Les Misérables by Victor Hugo has 559 463 words, so the average reader would take 37 hours 18 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read Les Misérables? Read a paragraph from Les Misérables below to find out!
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