How long does it take to read Hay Fever?
Hay Fever by Mary Lyons takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 188 pages, about 51,700 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Seduced and deserted all those years ago... And now Alicia--or rather the glamorous widow Lady Preston--was returning to her family's Shropshire farm. No longer was she the naive girl so hopelessly smitten and then cruelly rejected by Giles Ratcliffe, the lord of the manor. She was a sophisticated woman, one who could handle the likes of Giles. But Alicia hadn't reckoned on having to stay in Shropshire and manage the farm. She was hardly equipped for the task and was forced to rely on Giles's help. His nearness filled her with animosity... and the devastating realization that nothing had really changed.
