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How long does it take to read Rubyfruit Jungle?

Rita Mae Brown

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown takes about 4 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 31 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1973. 246 pages, about 67,650 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 31 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 49 minutes

The page count is the median across 35 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Born a bastard, Molly Bolt is adopted by a dirt-poor Southern couple who want something better for their daughter. Molly plays doctor with the boys, beats up Leroy the tub and loses her virginity to her girlfriend in sixth grade. As she grows to realize she's different, Molly decides not to apologize for that. In no time she mesmerizes the head cheerleader of Ft. Lauderdale High and captivates a gorgeous bourbon-guzzling heiress. But the world is not tolerant. Booted out of college for moral turpitude, an unrepentant, penniless Molly takes New York by storm, sending not a few female hearts aflutter with her startling beauty, crackling wit and fierce determination to become the greatest filmmaker that ever lived.

Subjects: Lesbians, Fiction, Sexuality, Fiction, lesbian, LGBTQ novels, Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian

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