How long does it take to read Saturday's Child?
Saturday's Child by Betty Neels takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 221 pages, about 60,775 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the back cover: "Abigail worked hard for a living. And she expected to continue, for no man had shown signs of wanting to marry her - least of all the mysterious Professor Dominic van Wijkelen. Certainly he admired her nursing skills. He confidently asked her to take on his private cases, which took Abigail from London to Holland and then Spain. But all he seemed to feel for her was intense dislike. Did Dominic not trust women? Was she too plain? Whatever the reason, there was little Abigail could do about it..."
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Medical, Love stories, fiction, Netherlands, fiction, Doctor Nurse, fiction