How long does it take to read The Irish Rake?
The Irish Rake by Emma Lange takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1996. 221 pages, about 60,775 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Innocence and Evil Miss Gillian Edwards was barely more than a schoolgirl, and certainly as innocent as one--but she knew how shockingly evil the Marquess of Clare was. He did not even try to hide a history of illicit loves that ran the gamut from London lighskirts to highborn ladies. Nor did he conceal his scorn for marriage and morality and his devotion to the pleasures of the flesh. Thus Gillian was forwarned and should have been forearmed when she found herself face-to-face with this man whose dazzling good looks were clearly lascivious lures. All she had to do was remind herself that she was engaged to wed the wealthy, handsome, and aristocratic Lord Lionel Rockingham, the ideal partner for a perfect marriage. All she had to do was say no to the maddeningly mocking Marquess, who would never stoop to seduce an unwilling woman. But strangely enough, what Gillian did was something else...
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Fiction, romance, historical, general
