How long does it take to read Love on the Wind?
Love on the Wind by Barbara Cartland takes about 3 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 194 pages, about 53,350 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tormented by her cruel uncle, Sita contemplates suicide, but a mysterious Indian passenger on the voyage to Calcutta convinces her to go on. She was praying frantically, desperately, when she heard the bolt being lifted off the door. Now there was a figure of a man silhouetted against the light outside. Without being able to see his face, Sita knew and that her prayers had been answered. "You... have come! You have... come!" she said frantically. He did not say anything. He put his arms around her, then his lips were on hers. She felt as if the stars moved into her breast and were in her heart and her mind. "I cannot leave you now," she said. "It is so difficult to think about anybody or pray for them if they are completely anonymous." "Very well, but promise that you will not speak about me until I tell you that you may. It might be dangerous." "I love you! I love you so much that I want to..." He put both arms around Sita and kissed her. His kisses were fierce and possessive, and she felt as if her whole body melted into his....
Subjects: Foreign Affairs, Romance Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, romance, general
