How long does it take to read A Pressing Engagement?
A Pressing Engagement by Anne Barbour takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 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 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On his way to visit his dying grandfather, Lord Burnleigh encounters Diana St. Aubin at an inn where he believes her to be part of a criminal gang. When he finds her later in the road in distress and brings her to his estate, he does not trust her but enlists her in a plan to pose as his fiancée and so ease his grandfather’s concerns about the succession. Diana meanwhile is trying to figure out what intrigue her missing brother has gotten involved in. As the lord and Diana start to find common ground, the mystery of her brother’s disappearance continues to cause concern.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Social life and customs, Manners and customs
