How long does it take to read The Aim of a Lady?
The Aim of a Lady by Laura Matthews takes about 3 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1980. 215 pages, about 59,125 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Diana had wounded him! By accident, of course. Her dog had jostled her arm, and her arrow had gone astray; but, nonetheless, the Eighth Viscount Alma's injury was such that he had to remain with the Saviles for two weeks' recuperation. Diana Savile felt obliged to keep him amused as best she could. Alma was uncomfortable and inclined to be irritable, but he soon grew to think of Diana as a good companion, rather like a younger brother, to fish and walk with. Until one day when he was well enough to join her in a little fencing and found that he too could inflict wounds inadvertently -- and that the cry "en garde" was not enough to protect an innocent heart...
Subjects: Romance, Fiction, general
