How long does it take to read The Gamble?
The Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 48 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1984. 480 pages, about 132,000 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tough and tender, sweet and sassy, here is a story of honesty and humour for anyone who has ever lived and loved. Scott Gandy has always been a gambling man, relying on his lazy Southern charm to smooth a way out of difficult situations. Hoping to make his fortune, he opens a saloon in Proffitt, Kansas. But he soon becomes a target of the prohibition movement, led by the owner of the hat shop next door to his establishment -- the enchanting yet volatile Agatha Downing. The saloon keeper and the prim and proper milliner are hopeless adversaries... until the innocence of a child opens their eyes and hearts to each other.
Subjects: Historical fiction, Love stories, Romance fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, Fiction, romance, historical, general
