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The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
Page count, estimated reading time and reading quiz: everything to know before you start The Red and the Black, and the Vread challenge to get to the end.
- Pages
- 660
- Reading time
- ≈ 12 h
- Checkpoints
- 19
- Genre
- Classic
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How long does it take to read The Red and the Black?
At 660 pages, The Red and the Black is a long book. Expect about 12 hours 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 24 days of reading. At the median pace of Vread readers, 72 pages per reading day, it takes 10 reading days. For a book of this length (600 pages or more), Vread readers who finish it take a median of 6.4 days between the first and the last checkpoint (Vread Reading Barometer 2026).
- 30 minutes a day24 days
- Vread median pace (72 pp./day)10 days
Estimates; see the method at the bottom of the page.
Prove you read it
The Vread challenge: 19 checkpoints
- Checkpoint 1, page 35
- Checkpoint 2, page 69
- Checkpoint 3, page 104
- Checkpoint 4, page 139
- Checkpoint 5, page 174
- Checkpoint 6, page 208
- Checkpoint 7, page 243
- Checkpoint 8, page 278
- Checkpoint 9, page 313
- Checkpoint 10, page 347
- Checkpoint 11, page 382
- Checkpoint 12, page 417
- Checkpoint 13, page 452
- Checkpoint 14, page 486
- Checkpoint 15, page 521
- Checkpoint 16, page 556
- Checkpoint 17, page 591
- Checkpoint 18, page 625
- Checkpoint 19, page 660
In Vread, The Red and the Black is split into 19 checkpoints, one every 35 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 19 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
The Red and the Black, Stendhal
What object does Père Sorel's violent blow send flying into the running water when he catches Julien reading on the roof beam of the sawmill?
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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