Reading Level
What age is The Late Monsieur Gallet suitable for ?
Readers of age 18 years and up will enjoy The Late Monsieur Gallet .
Reading Time
2 hrs 31 mins
How long to read The Late Monsieur Gallet (Inspector Maigret)?
The estimated word count of The Late Monsieur Gallet (Inspector Maigret) is 37,665 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 2 hrs 31 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 12 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 24 mins.
| The Late Monsieur Gallet (Inspector Maigret) - 37,665 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 4 hrs 12 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 2 hrs 31 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 24 mins |
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More about The Late Monsieur Gallet
37,665 words
Word Count
for The Late Monsieur Gallet (Inspector Maigret)
176 pages
Pages
4 hours and 3 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.” —The GuardianGeorges Simenon’s devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and the weakness of family ties“Instead of the detail filling itself in and becoming clearer, it seemed to escape him. The face of the man in the ill-fitting coat just misted up so that it hardly looked human. In theory this mental portrait was good enough, but now it was replaced by fleeting images which should have added up to one and the same man but which refused to get themselves into focus.”The circumstances of Monsieur Gallet’s death all ring false: the name the deceased was travelling under and his presumed profession, and more worryingly, his family's grief. Their haughtiness seems to hide ambiguous feelings about the hapless man. In this haunting story, Maigret discovers the appalling truth and the real crime hidden behind the surface of lies. Read more