How long does it take to read Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day?
Winifred Watson
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson takes about 4 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1939. 245 pages, about 67,375 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Miss Pettigrew, a governess looking for work, is sent by mistake to the home of Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer involved with three different men and is invited to stay after offering Miss LaFosse common sense advice about her love life.
Subjects: Middle-aged women, Singers, Fiction, Governesses, Fiction, romance, general, Man-woman relationships, fiction
