How long does it take to read The Reluctant Bride?
The Reluctant Bride by Barbara Cartland takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1970. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
STRANGE PROPOSAL When the Prince of Meldenstein asks for Camilla's hand in marriage, he virtually saves her family from destruction. The huge marriage settlement will help her bankrupt father pay the doctor bills that will save her mother's life. Beautiful Camilla has no choice but to accept. It is on her way to meet her future husband that Camilla's heart is captured by the rakishly handsome Hugo Cheverly, who despises her for reasons she can't fathom. Not until she finds herself in mortal danger does Camilla learn the startling truth about Hugo Cheverly's feelings for her-and about the mysterious prince she's about to marry....
Subjects: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Love Triangle, fiction, Marriage of Convenience, fiction
