About This Book
"Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse. Slaughterhouse 5 is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the...
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Reading Time Estimates
4h 30m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 15m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 19m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 48,675 words📅 7 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
3 h 15 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
3 h 36 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
5 h 25 min
Audio 2x
2 h 42 min
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- 📅7 days reading 30 min/day
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