How long does it take to read Doctor Thorne?
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope takes about 9 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Chronicles of Barsetshire
Previous: Barchester Towers Next: Framley Parsonage
About 9 hours 44 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1858. 531 pages, about 146,025 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 130 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Chronicles of Barsetshire, Book 3: Dr. Thorne Mary Thorne, orphaned (and illegitimate) niece of Dr. Thorne, has long been a favorite at Greshamsbury House--until Lady Arabella Gresham learns that her only son Frank is in love with Mary. The unhappy Mary is banished forthwith, because the Gresham family fortunes are so depleted that Frank must marry money. Frank, however, is one of the few completely honorable young men in Trollope's novels and remains stubbornly true to his love. Well, he does propose to another woman, at the insistence of his mother, but only with the virtual certainty that he will be rejected--as indeed he is. The lady is Miss Dunstable, one of Trollope's most delightful characters, a fabulously wealthy thirtyish heiress of an ointment company. She is a bold, witty woman, not beautiful, but attractive in her way, whose wealth invites countless proposals. After the rather complicated plot unfolds, the tables are completely turned, and Mary is eagerly welcomed by Lady Arabella (who, of course, has always loved her) as the savior of the family.
Subjects: Fiction, Clergy in fiction, Fathers and daughters in fiction, Fathers and daughters, Clergy, England in fiction
