How long does it take to read The Glitter and the Gold?
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1952. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is so much fun. If you're interested in the history of the upper class in the US or England, it is well worth checking this book out. Parts of it are laugh-out-loud funny, such as the description of dinner with the Duke; others are edge-of-your-seat exciting, such has her escape from the oncoming Germans in WWI; and others are just poignant, such as some of the anecdotes from her childhood. She is a classy lady and only kisses and tells about those she thinks really deserve it (mainly her first husband).
Subjects: Social life and customs, Vanderbilt family, Nobility, great britain, Great britain, biography, Inheritance and succession, Women, united states, biography
