How long does it take to read Alone in Paris?
Alone in Paris by Barbara Cartland takes about 3 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 184 pages, about 50,600 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 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
On leaving the Italian convent in which she was educated, Una Thoreau set out for Paris to join her father in Montmartre. She arrives to discover that her father is dead. Alone in foreign city, her father's picture dealer, Philippe Dubucheron, befriends her and takes Una to a party at the Duke of Walstanton's. Una is unaware that her presence there is deviously planned. The Duke is to choose between two women - Una and Yvette Joyant, a sophisticated and notorious demimondaine.
Subjects: Love Triangle, Romance Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction, general
