How long does it take to read Black Silk?
Black Silk by Judith Ivory takes about 9 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 10 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2002. 500 pages, about 137,500 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As befitting her name, lovely Submit Channing–Downes was the proper, obedient wife of an aging Marquess––until her husband's death left her penniless and alone...with one final obligation to fulfill. Entrusted with delivering a small black box to its rightful owner, she calls upon Graham Wessit, the notorious Earl of Netham, whose life has been marred by rumour and scandal. But Graham wants nothing to do w/ her gift but fate has entwined these two lives in astonishing ways. A slow, simmering romance that burns into a brillant yet realistic passionate love!
Subjects: Inheritance and succession in fiction, Nobility in fiction, Inheritance and succession, Widows in fiction, Fiction, Romance
