How long does it take to read Two Pins in a Fountain?
Two Pins in a Fountain by Jane Arbor takes about 3 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 189 pages, about 51,975 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 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
There is a charming superstition in the little wine-growing town of St. Emilion-- if an unmarried girl drops two pins into the fountain and the pins form a cross, she will be married within the year. But it seemed the magic of the patron saint was not going to work for Paula. She had fallen in love with her employer, Gratien de Tourcy, and the love was plainly one-sided!
