Book 2 of In Search of Lost Time · 1919
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
by Marcel Proust. 548 pages, about 10 hours to read. Rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1 Open Library readers.
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How long to read In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower takes about 10 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 548 pages.
| Your pace | Time |
|---|---|
| 150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud) | 17 hours |
| 200 words/min | 13 hours |
| 250 words/min (average) | 10 hours |
| 300 words/min | 8.4 hours |
| 400 words/min (fast) | 6.3 hours |
In the series
- Before this1. Swann's Way
- This book2. In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
- Next3. The Guermantes Way
All 6 In Search of Lost Time books in order
Fiction · Social life and customs · Villages · Obsessive-compulsive disorder · Social conditions · Upper class