How long does it take to read The Proud Breed?
The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis takes about 15 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 3 minutes
A long haul
First published 1989. 821 pages, about 225,775 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 24 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a well researched historical romance novel. A saga about a California family, beginning about a decade before the 1849 gold rush, until near the end of that century. This golden story begins with a strong minded, Californio young woman, and a disillusioned, itinerant Yankee soldier, lately released from duty; how they fall in love, break with tradition, and forge their own empire, based on landholding, Palomino horses, entrepreneurial spirit, and during the rapid expansion of California during the Gold Rush and the years beyond. It is like moving through history with these characters who are interacting with people who so closely resemble well known historical figures you want to refer to them with their real names. It's an exhilarating, believable, heartfelt tale.
Subjects: well researched, historical, romance novel, California, family, Californio
