How long does it take to read A Grand Illusion?
A Grand Illusion by Maura McGiveny takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 190 pages, about 52,250 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
She was his paragon of efficiency Jenna was more than Royce Drummond's secretary. She also arranged the intimate dinners with his mistresses and was silent witness to the parade of beautiful women that passed through his office. Royce didn't regard Jenna as female at all. If he thought of her it was only with contempt. He believed her the mother of an illegitimate child; he had no idea Robbie was her sister's son. And Jenna, stubbornly silent, refused to tell him the truth, or the extent to which he himself was involved ....
Subjects: Heroine's pain