How long does it take to read The Tightrope Walker?
The Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman takes about 4 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1979. 221 pages, about 60,775 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 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"They're going to kill me soon," begins the note Amelia discovers in an antique hurdy-gurdy. From that moment on, the shy young woman finds herself doing all kinds of things she never thought possible.
Subjects: Antique dealers, Antiques, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
