How long does it take to read The Smoke and the Fire?
The Smoke and the Fire by Essie Summers takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 191 pages, about 52,525 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dinah had travelled all the way from Wales to New Zealand, with the intention of getting to know Russell Milgrove well enough to be sure she was doing the right thing in agreeing to marry him. She had allowed herself six months for the task - and then she discovered what a very great deal could happen in six months.
Subjects: Fiction, Romance
