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How long does it take to read The Substitute Guest?

Grace Livingston Hill

The Substitute Guest by Grace Livingston Hill takes about 5 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 51 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1936. 319 pages, about 87,725 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 45 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 51 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 39 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

When Alan Monteith decides to help a friend in need by delivering a bottle of medicine to a sick woman, he never imagined being stranded in a blizzard. And he never imagined climbing a mountain on foot. But when his car breaks down in front of the Devereaux’s home, that’s just what he ends up doing. Daryl Devereaux was looking forward to a peaceful holiday until Alan Monteith arrives. As the young stranger and her brother trudge into the storm, Daryl is left to pray for their safe return, never realizing that night will change their lives forever.

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