How long does it take to read The Pied Tulip?
The Pied Tulip by Elizabeth Ashton takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1969. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
It was not entirely Amanda’s fault that she had such a low opinion of herself, for no one else from her mother downwards, had ever encouraged her to think anything else. But now she was orphaned, her cousin Phillipa had invited her for a long holiday in Holland, and perhaps this would be Amanda’s chance to make a fresh start. It was hardly encouraging therefore, soon after she had arrived, to overhear herself described ‘as looking like a crow’ by the elegant Louis Meyering. Stung, Amanda at last determined to do something about her appearance - with such success that soon Louis was driving her all over Holland. All seemed set fair for Amanda - until the redoubtable Hermien Van Beizon arrived on the scene.
Subjects: Fiction, romance
