How long does it take to read Fair Stood the Wind for France?
Fair Stood the Wind for France by H. E. Bates takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 42 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 49 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An English fighter pilot brings his plane down in Occupied France during WWII. The family of a French farmer risk their lives to protect him. He and the daughter of the house are drawn to each other, but it is not time to fall in love.
Subjects: Fiction, British, Bomber pilots, Social life and customs, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, romance, historical, general
