The average reader reads at a speed of 250 words per minute (wpm). Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert has 115 439 words, so the average reader would take 7 hours 42 minutes to read the whole book. How long would it take you to read Madame Bovary? Read a paragraph from Madame Bovary below to find out!
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