How long does it take to read The Fire-Flower?
The Fire-Flower by Edith Layton takes about 7 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1989. 412 pages, about 113,300 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The kiss was as nothing she'd ever known ... the warmth and sweetness of his mouth was so new to her ... as her eagerness was new to him.... Beautiful young Mary Monk was trembling when she surrendered her innocence to dashing Cavalier nobleman Gideon Hawkes to save herself from the destitution the Great Fire of London had assured. Gideon took her on a whim, to satisfy a fleeting desire. Yet what began as a coupling of a jaded man's lust and a desperate girl's need soon turned into something far stronger and deeper. Gideon had the power and the purpose to make Mary blossom as a woman, with a woman's passions and a woman's fulfillment. And in Mary, Gideon discovered something he had never known, even with the most dazzling ladies and captivating courtesans who frequented the lavish and licentious courts of Europe. For what he had set aflame in Mary and what she returned to him a hundredfold -- was love....
Subjects: Fiction, general
