About This Book
Read the searing first novel from the celebrated author of Beloved, which immerses us in the tragic, torn lives of a poor black family in post-Depression 1940s Ohio. Unloved, unseen, Pecola prays each night for blue eyes. In this way she dreams of becoming beautiful, of becoming someone β like her w...
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 4m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 39m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 36m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 54,725 wordsπ
8 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
3 h 39 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 3 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
6 h 5 min
Audio 2x
3 h 2 min
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- π 8 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π8 commutesΒ of 30 min each