How long does it take to read The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax?
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman takes about 3 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Mrs. Pollifax
About 3 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 216 pages, about 59,400 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 29 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A widowed matron decides to pursue her lifelong desire to be a spy, finds herself useful to the CIA, and successfully completes an assignment which takes her from New Jersey to Mexico City to Albania.
Subjects: Fiction, Intelligence service, Emily Pollifax (Fictitious character), American Spy stories, Spy stories, American, Women spies
