How long does it take to read Heads You Lose?
Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand takes about 3 hours 43 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 43 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1942. 203 pages, about 55,825 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
'I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch in a hat like that!' Those were the last words of mousy Grace Morland before she was found brutally murdered behind Squire Stephen Pendock's gracious mansion, her body in a ditch, her severed head obscenely garbed in Francesca Hart's new feathered hat. Six people at Pigeonsford Cottage heard Grace Morland utter those bitter, jealous words, including the dazzling Francesca herself, her twin sister Venetia and the dashing Pendock, whose attention Grace had so desperately wanted. Surely Grace's killer must have been one of the six...
Subjects: Fiction, Police, England, fiction, Livres en gros caractères, Large print books
