How long does it take to read The Ruby in the Smoke?
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman takes about 4 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Sally Lockhart
Next: The Shadow in the North
About 4 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1985. 230 pages, about 63,250 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Beware the seven blessings" When she first utters there words, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn't know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally's terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of ther father's death. Pursued by villains and cutthroats at every turn, she at last uncovers two dark mysteries. One involves the opium trade; the other, a stolen ruby of enormous value. Sally soon learns that she is th the key to both- and that it's worth her very life to find out why.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Detective and mystery stories, Opium, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Orphans
