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A portrait of the artist as a young man
by James Joyce
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start A portrait of the artist as a young man, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 300
- Reading time
- ≈ 5 h 30 min
- Checkpoints
- 9
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read A portrait of the artist as a young man?
At 300 pages, A portrait of the artist as a young man is a fairly long book. Expect about 5 hours 30 minutes of reading to finish it, based on 250 words per page and an average reading speed of 230 words per minute. A fast reader will go quicker; a careful read (or reading in a second language) will take longer.
At 30 minutes a day, that is about 11 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 5 reading days. For a book of this length (250 to 399 pages), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 4.7 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day11 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)5 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 9 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 33
- Checkpoint 2, page 67
- Checkpoint 3, page 100
- Checkpoint 4, page 133
- Checkpoint 5, page 167
- Checkpoint 6, page 200
- Checkpoint 7, page 233
- Checkpoint 8, page 267
- Checkpoint 9, page 300
In Vread, A portrait of the artist as a young man is split into 9 checkpoints, one every 33 pages or so. At each checkpoint, a question covers the passage you have just read: a correct answer validates the step, and your progress moves forward like a training plan.
The challenge: validate all 9 checkpoints through to the last page. No giant quiz at the end, no summary to copy out: short questions along the way that prove the book was actually read. It also works as a reading quiz to check your understanding before a test.
Also available in French on Vread.
Example: the checkpoint 1 question
A portrait of the artist as a young man, James Joyce
Which student comes to apologize to Stephen Dedalus for having pushed him into the ditch of the playground?
The answer is in the text: reply in the app.
Public-domain work. The answer, and the following questions, unlock in the app.
Answer in the app, one checkpoint at a time.
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