How long does it take to read The Daughter of Night?
The Daughter of Night by Jeneth Murrey takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1983. 190 pages, about 52,250 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 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Was there noting Hester could do? Where could a hairdresser find twenty thousand pounds to provide medical treatment for her beloved foster mother? At wits' end, Hester traced her real mother and threatened to reveal her existence to Vilma's wealthy husband! She could easily afford it, Hester reasoned, and swallowing her moral qualms, she decided the end justified the means... However, Demetrios Thalassis didn't agree. It was blackmail, pure and simple, he declared flatly. But to Hester's surprise, he agreed to pay her--provided she submit to a little blackmail of his own...
