How long does it take to read The Gate of the Cat?
The Gate of the Cat by Andre Norton takes about 4 hours 14 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 14 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1987. 231 pages, about 63,525 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 14 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A young lady, Kelsie, goes to Scotland to claim an inheritance, but finds that it is not what she expected. Acting to save a wildcat from a hunter illegally on her land, she is hurt and then transported to the Witch World through a Gate. There comes to her friendship from the wildcat, a scout, the people of the Valley and also a power she didn't ask for and didn't want, which nevertheless led her to battle with the Dark's minions to save the world she found herself in. Another great story from the master author, Andre Norton.
Subjects: Fiction, Witch World (Imaginary place), American Science fiction, Witch world (imaginary place), fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general