How long does it take to read Callista?
Callista by Cordia Byers takes about 6 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 333 pages, about 91,575 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 49 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Her family tricked her into a betrothal with an evil old man. There was nothing to do but run.... The first thing Callista did was disguise herself as a boy; which was not easy with her long raven locks and voluptuous body. But she managed to get herself hired as a cabin boy aboard a ship bound for America. Her secret was safe until she fell ill and the captain discovered she was a lovely young woman. He become obsessed with her. Finally he seduced her. This was the beginning of a strange love affair in which Callista found herself equally obsessed.
Subjects: Fiction, romance, historical, general, Bodice Ripper, Historical Romance, Western Romance
