How long does it take to read The Town House?
The Town House by Norah Lofts takes about 6 hours 59 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 59 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1959. 381 pages, about 104,775 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 59 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Town House" is the first in a trilogy of novels by Norah Lofts about the inhabitants of a country house in Suffolk from the late fourteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. It begins with the story of Martin Reed, a serf existing under the control of a universally accepted and supported hierarchy. His rebellion, in defence of the woman he loves, casts both of them into the unknown. Freed from his acceptance of circumstance, Reed forges a new path, a path which culminates in the building of the House, and the foundations of a dynasty.
Subjects: Fiction, Social life and customs, Feudalism, Historical fiction, Serfs, Emancipation
