How long does it take to read I Came to a Castle?
I Came to a Castle by Velda Johnston takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1969. 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 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tempted by thoughts of a vacation in an exotic Spanish locale, governess Dinah Haversham comes to the ancient Castle Estillio as the guest of rich scientist Max Hind and his vapid sister, the Contessa Julia Ascoli. But when their entourage arrives at their destination, Dinah is inexplicably spooked. Why would Julia leave her friends and her seaside villa for this desolate place, with only her eccentric brother, two boisterous little nephews, her lover and a handful of servants? Dinah will soon learn that her instincts don't lie. There's the bizarre tower turned into a modern laboratory, a sinister dungeon full of macabre instruments, and the handsome stranger Dinah is afraid to trust. All would become essential to a madman's plan for a self-styled apocalypse . . .
Subjects: Rich people, Young women, Governesses, Castles, Fiction
