How long does it take to read The Maids Are Not to Blame?
Menankiti Onyekwelu
The Maids Are Not to Blame by Menankiti Onyekwelu takes about 2 hours 46 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 46 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 151 pages, about 41,525 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The life of an orphan girl (ebele) who is sent to live with her aunt in the city after the tragic death of her mum. There she is subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment from her aunt who takes advantage of her plight. But along comes her aunts younger brother who falls in love with ebele. But would ebeles aunt let her brother get his way?
