How long does it take to read Gentian Hill?
Gentian Hill by Elizabeth Goudge takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1949. 352 pages, about 96,800 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 20 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Novel set in England at the time of Napoleonic Wars. They met as children... Unable to bear the prospect of life at sea, young Anthony O'Connell deserts his ship at Torquay and escapes into the Devonshire countryside under a new name. Zachary Moon. In this lush, enchanting land where anguish and strife did not exist, he met Stella Sprigg, the adopted daughter of local farmers. The pair instantly know they are destined to be toge ther forever. As they grew up, the world rushed into their magic kingdom. War raged--a war to challenge the bravest of men. Zachary answered that challenge, knowing it would sweep him far away, into the depths of danger. Yet he vowed to return to Stella, no matter what, no matter how. Intertwined with the local legend of St. Michael's Chapel at Torquay, Zachary and Stella's story takes them from the secluded Devonshire valley to the perilous Mediterranean seas and finally to the poverty and squalor of eighteenth-century London.
Subjects: Gentian Hill, Elizabeth Goudge, History, Historical, Roman romance, Fiction
