How long does it take to read Too Precious to Lose?
Too Precious to Lose by Barbara Cartland takes about 3 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 2 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 165 pages, about 45,375 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 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Exquisitely lovely Norina Wyn had fled her home, for her jealous stepmother, greedy for the young heiress's fortune, had tried to poison her. Now Norina, posing as a widow, was Secretary to a French Marquis de Carlamont, who was travelling to Paris to seek solitude. Entangling herself in a second masquerade, Norina agreed to accompany him. But she could not disguise her feelings... she was falling in love with "The Wicked Marquis"! In the South of France, Norina's stepmother struck once more... in an attempt so ruthless it threatened to keep Norina from her Marquis... forever!
Subjects: Historical Fiction, Loving the Boss, Romance Fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, romance, historical, general, France, fiction
