How long does it take to read Precious Bane?
Mary Webb
Precious Bane by Mary Webb takes about 5 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 25 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1924. 295 pages, about 81,125 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 163 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Obsessed by wealth, a farm owner dominates his mother and sister.
Subjects: Fiction, general, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Man-woman relationships, Brothers, Fiction
