How long does it take to read Not By Appointment?
Not By Appointment by Essie Summers takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 191 pages, about 52,525 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 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
There had been no future in loving her boss, Jocelyn knew; he was married, they must both put his wife first — so that was that. So Jocelyn did the best she could, and went off for a holiday in New Zealand's beautiful Fiordland to try and bury the sadness. It was quite by chance that she found herself looking after two young orphaned children, and housekeeping for their uncle, Magnus Isbister — but perhaps, she thought hopefully, the job would help to compensate for the home and family life that would now never be hers. But then her new-found peace of mind was shattered yet again by the malice of a jealous woman ...
Subjects: Fiction, romance
