How long does it take to read The Bartered Bride?
The Bartered Bride by Margaret Rome takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1973. 188 pages, about 51,700 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
As if she were involved in a miming play, Marielle watched the two groups clowning and bargaining --gold coins being offered, scorned, accepted.... Only afterward did she learn that she had participated in a Romany wedding. Now, Marielle Moore was a Romany wife obliged to obey her husband--Rom Boro, leader of the gypsy tribe in all things. "I will not tolerate being bought like an article across a shop counter," she declared angrily. But after all, what could she do? Her life depended on Rom!
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Romany wedding, fiction
