How long does it take to read The Child from the Sea?
The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge takes about 10 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 58 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1970. 598 pages, about 164,450 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Child From The Sea tells the rich, turbulent tale of Lucy Walter, secret wife of Charles II, and mistress-despite-herself to a gallant and reckless Irish nobleman in exile. It is a story filled with the passions and adventure of an age of glory and squalor, nobility and depravity, courage and betrayal. It is a drama that ranges from an isolated castle in Wales, to the pomp and ceremony of London, to the glitter, intrigue and license of Paris. Above all, it is an intensely moving, unforgettable portrayal of a woman as proud as she was beautiful, whose untamed heart was torn between two men and whose lovely body and shining spirit tipped the scales of history.
Subjects: Fiction
