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How long does it take to read The Gilda Stories?

Jewelle Gomez, Alexis Pauline Gumbs

The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Alexis Pauline Gumbs takes about 4 hours 42 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 42 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1991. 256 pages, about 70,400 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 49 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 42 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 56 minutes

The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

A very unusual vampire story. A young Black woman escapes being enslaved and ends up becoming a vampire. Takes place between the 1850s and 2020 or so.

Subjects: Fiction, Lesbian vampires, African Americans, Vampires, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, horror

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