How long does it take to read The Gilded Butterfly?
The Gilded Butterfly by Elizabeth Ashton takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1975. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When Selina went out to the tiny South American country where her father lived, she soon got into the bad books of her father's friend, Alistair Grainger. Alastair thought her a silly, frivolous playgirl who would be better advised to leave as soon as possible and get back to her jet-set friends. In fact, Selina was forced to leave the country almost immediately, when she unwittingly got herself into a difficult and dangerous situation. As it was Alastair who had saved her from it, perhaps it was inevitable that she should have fallen in love with him. But he was not for her he told her firmly; apart from his ingrained disapproval of her, there was too great a barrier between them. She must go away and forget him. Was it going to be as easy as that, though?
