How long does it take to read Mitford Girls?
The Saga of the Mitford Family
Mitford Girls by Mary S. Lovell takes about 11 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 611 pages, about 168,025 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy, the eldest, was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana, married to the Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and imprisoned without trial through most of World War II, was the most hated woman in England; Unity Valkyrie, born in the mining town of Swastika, Alaska, would become obsessed with Adolf Hitler, whom she met on at least 140 occasions. When war was declared between England and Germany, she shot herself in the head." "The Mitfords had style and presence, and were extremely gifted: four would go on to write best-selling books. Above all, they were funny - hilariously and often mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhanded, and generous book, Mary Lovell captures the vitality and extraordinary drama of a family that took the twentieth century by the throat and became, in some respects, its victims."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Sisters, Aristocracy (Social class), Upper class women, Great britain, biography, Mitford family
