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How long does it take to read Marriage by Request?

Lucy Gillen

Marriage by Request by Lucy Gillen takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 27 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1971. 188 pages, about 51,700 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 45 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 27 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 9 minutes

The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"There's not a soul in Killydudden who doesn't think the doctor's a lovely man," someone told Cerys when she arrived in Ireland, but Cerys had her doubts. So why did she suddenly find her-self wishing to believe that the doctor was "lovely"?

Subjects: Fiction

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