About This Book
The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling novel from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT *Over 400,000 copies sold* Winner of the 2010 Costa Novel Award 'Exquisitely sensual' Emma Donoghue, author of Room Fresh out of university and in disgrace, Lexie Sinclair is waiting for life to begin. Whe...
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Reading Time Estimates
6h 5m
slow reader
180 WPM
4h 23m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 8m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 65,725 wordsπ
9 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
4 h 23 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 52 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
7 h 18 min
Audio 2x
3 h 39 min
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- π 9 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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