How long does it take to read Fountains of Paradise?
Fountains of Paradise by Elizabeth Hunter takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 190 pages, about 52,250 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Michal Brent, a talented young jewelry designer, was offered a free trip to Sri Lanka, she could not believe her good fortune. Now she could buy unusual and beautiful stones, which she would set herself and sell on the international market. Little did she expect that the jewel she would most covet would be the jade green glance of Hendrik van der Aa -- the fiance of her best friend.
