How long does it take to read Virgins of Paradise?
Virgins of Paradise by Barbara Wood takes about 10 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 29 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1993. 572 pages, about 157,300 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Inside a beautiful mansion on Virgins of Paradise Street in post-World War II Cairo, Jasmine and Camelia Rasheed grow to womanhood under the watchful eyes of their grandmother and the other women of the prominent Rasheed family. Despite the glamour and elegance of the city, women still wear the veil and live in harems. But as Egypt begins to change, so do Jasmine and Camelia. Rebelling against a society in which the suppression of women is assumed, Jasmine and Camelia embark on turbulent personal and professional voyages of discovery. Cast out of the family, Jasmine travels to America to become a doctor while Camelia sets out to become one of the foremost beledi dancers in the Middle East. Sensuous, spicy, and romantic, 'Virgins of Paradise' is a spellbinding novel set in an exotic and erotic culture. Brilliantly portraying two sisters' search for identity amidst historic change, Wood also conveys a portrait of an ancient nation merging into the modern era while mired in superstition, magic, and mythology. "Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters." -- Booklist
Subjects: Fiction, Women, Social conditions, Women in fiction, Suspense fiction, Domestic fiction
