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How long does it take to read Return to Dragonshill?

Essie Summers

Return to Dragonshill by Essie Summers takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 31 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1971. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

It was years since Johnny Carruthers had broken Henrietta's heart, and she supposed she had got over it by now - Johnny's infatuation for, and subsequent engagement to, the glamorous Deirdre: Henrietta's own short-lived marriage and the eventual breaking off of Johnny's engagement. All the same, Henrietta was far from happy when Johnny came back into her life; she would far rather forget all that had happened in the past, avoid any more emotional entanglements and concentrate on living once more at her adored Dragonshill. But Johnny, it seemed, had more to offer her; this time he was offering marriage — but only a second-best love, as he made clear. Pride told Henrietta that she ought to refuse, but would her heart decide that half a loaf was better than no bread? And while she was still trying to make up her mind what to do for the best, Deirdre appeared on the scene, to complicate matters still further.

Subjects: Fiction, romance, general

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