How long does it take to read Betsy in Spite of Herself?
Betsy in Spite of Herself by Maud Hart Lovelace takes about 5 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 6 of Betsy-Tacy
Previous: Heaven to Betsy Next: Betsy Was a Junior
About 5 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1946. 302 pages, about 83,050 words. Written for children.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Betsy Ray is now a sophomore, and she and her Crowd are in the thick of things at Deep Valley High. Whether she's carrying out her duties as class secretary, trying to charm the exasperating Joe Willard, or juggling the demands of rhetoricals, football games, parties, and exams, Betsy's got her hands full. She should be happy... but she is dissatisfied. When oh-so-cosmopolitan Phil Brandish appears on the scene, Betsy decides that going with him would pull her out of the doldrums. But how can she make him notice her? Then Betsy's old friend Tib Muller invites her to spend Christmas in Milwaukee. And it's there that plain old Betsy begins her transformation into the dramatic and mysterious Betsye. With her new identity, she should be able to convince Phil she is special. The trouble is, Betsye can't help being Betsy in spite of herself -- but as she discovers, that's even better.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Self-perception, Interpersonal relations, High schools
