How long does it take to read The Marriage of Opposites?
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman takes about 7 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2015. 384 pages, about 105,600 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro, the Father of Impressionism"--
Subjects: Fiction, FICTION / Literary, Man-woman relationships, FICTION / Historical, FICTION / Jewish, Arranged marriage