How long does it take to read The Duke's Children?
The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope takes about 11 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 35 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1880. 632 pages, about 173,800 words.
24 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 19 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 51 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Palliser Novels, book 6: The Duke's Children Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires. Sent down from university in disgrace, his two sons quickly begin to run up gambling debts. His only daughter, meanwhile, longs passionately to marry the poor son of a county squire against her father's will. But while the Duke's dearest wishes for the three are thwarted one by one, he ultimately comes to understand that parents can learn from their own children. The final volume in the Palliser novels, The Duke's Children (1880) is a compelling exploration of wealth, pride and ultimately the strength of love.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Widowers, Romance, Parent and adult child, Fiction, Conflict of generations
