How long does it take to read Tower Abbey?
Tower Abbey by Isabelle Holland takes about 6 hours 10 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 10 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 336 pages, about 92,400 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 10 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Gothic romance. Candida is being haunted by a twin sister she never knew. Candida had no wish to leave her publishing job in New York to play guardian angel to a spoiled -- and very frightened -- wealthy beauty who was, in fact, losing her money and her looks to alcohol. But Diana Egremont was used to having her own way and Candida soon found herself on her way to Tower Abbey, Diana's huge family mansion high in the hills above the Hudson River. There was indeed an evil presence in that house. Candida sensed something from the moment she entered. Something deadly from the past. But there was something else from the past, also, Simon. Candida's first and only love. A man she'd thought long dead. Now he was back. Here, in the midst of the darkness and terror...
Subjects: Fiction, general
