How long does it take to read Longing?
Longing by Mary Balogh takes about 7 hours 18 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 18 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 398 pages, about 109,450 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The illegitimate daughter of an English lord, Siân Jones abandoned her heritage to live in a stalwart coal mining community in South Wales. Empowered by their cause, she's engaged to be married to the leader of a revolutionary movement that is bracing itself against the tyranny of English mine owners. But Siân's principles are unexpectedly shaken when she accepts a job as governess under Alexander Hyatt, the mysterious Marquess of Craille, the oppressive symbol of everything she has come to resist. She never expected Alexander to upend all her expectations. He is sympathetic to her cause. He is a loving father. A man of wealth and position, he is fatally attractive. And he is offering his heart to the independent woman who has illuminated his life. Now, caught between two worlds, and between the promises and desires of two men, Sian must make a choice that will define her future -- one that can only be made in the name of love.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Man-woman relationships, fiction, suspense, Governesses, Fiction, Widowers
