How long does it take to read Nerilka's Story?
Nerilka's Story by Anne McCaffrey takes about 3 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 8 of Dragonriders of Pern
Previous: The Renegades of Pern Next: The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
About 3 hours 20 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1986. 182 pages, about 50,050 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 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Everyone, holder and dragonrider alike, pitched in to help--except Nerilka's father, who refused to share Fort Hold's bounty with the other holds. So, ashamed of her family and determined to do her part, Nerilka packed up medicines and supplies and sneaked off to aid her people.Her quest to help wherever she was most needed led her finally to Ruatha Hold, where Lord Alessan was frantically inoculations against the dread plague. Nerilika had long ago abandoned the hope of marriage and a home of her own. Now she found happiness in being useful and appreciated---first the Healers and then Alessan made very clear that they were grateful for her help. She had no idea that her new path would change the course of her life forever.
Subjects: Fiction, Pern (Imaginary place), Dragons, Life on other planets, Space colonies, Science Fiction
