How long does it take to read Love Under Fire?
Love Under Fire by Barbara Cartland takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1960. 192 pages, about 52,800 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 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
THE STOWAWAY Elvina stood before the ship's captain feeling more afraid than she'd guessed she would. She watched him appraise her black hair, dyed the night before her skin darkened with berry juice, her skinny frame of a figure. She could see that he believed her story--that she was an orphaned Portuguese child. "What is your name?" he asked. "Elvina?" she said. "What is your surname?" "I haven't one," she lied. "Everyone has a surname," he said patiently. "Come child, why can't you answer my question?" "It is a lady's privilege," Elvina said with a toss of her head, "to be unpredictable." With that Lord Wye laughed heartily. "I am ashamed to admit it," he told her frankly, "but I think I shall enjoy having you aboard..."
Subjects: Historical Fiction, Romance Fiction
