How long does it take to read A Chance Encounter?
A Chance Encounter by Gayle Buck takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Lord Humphrey is trying to avoid marrying Augusta Radcliffe who has been promised to him as his eventual bride since they were children. Now that she has grown into a beautiful but spiteful and selfish young debutante, he cannot bring himself to propose. So when he nearly runs over Joan Chadwick, he suddenly resolves to marry her instead.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Fiction, general