How long does it take to read The Double Wager?
The Double Wager by Mary Balogh, Asha Hossain takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 222 pages, about 61,050 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Henry was no gentleman In fact, Henry was not a man at all. Henry was a young lady, if you could call any female a lady who refused to go by her proper name of Henrietta but preferred her most unsuitable tomboyish nickname. But now Henry had to be even more than a lady. She had to become a wife - to the handsomest, most sought-after, worldly and bored lord in London, the Duke of Eversleigh. For Henry had wagered her most precious possession that she would achieve this seemingly impossible goal, and she dreaded what would happen if she lost...just as she feared what might occur if she won...
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency
