How long does it take to read Instead of the Thorn?
Instead of the Thorn by Georgette Heyer takes about 5 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 45 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1923. 314 pages, about 86,350 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A contemporary romance about a naive girl brought up in a Victorian manner, she married very young and is little able to cope with life and marriage in the modern world. One of the four "contemporary" novels Georgette Heyer had suppressed.
Subjects: Comtemporary, Romance, Fiction, romance, contemporary, Fiction, romance, general
