How long does it take to read The Island of Love?
The Island of Love by Barbara Cartland takes about 3 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1984. 179 pages, about 49,225 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Was it the Power of Love itself that cast Lydia and the Earl ashore under the sensuous Hawaiian sun? Never would they be free to speak of the love that devoured them-and that could never be theirs, prisoners as they both were to the code of honor they shared. For although it was the Earl's position that Lydia's sister desired--indeed, intended to marry--it was his very position that denied the Earl of Royston the freedom to surrender his heart to the woman who held it captive....
Subjects: Love Triangle, Romance Fiction, Historical Fiction, Marriage of Convenience, Fiction, general