It takes the average reader 10 hours and 47 minutes to read The Favoured Child by Philippa Gregory
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir. Sweeping, passionate, unique: 'The Favoured Child' is the second novel in Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with 'Wideacre' and concluded with 'Meridon'.
The Favoured Child by Philippa Gregory is 642 pages long, and a total of 161,784 words.
This makes it 217% the length of the average book. It also has 198% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 44 minutes to read The Favoured Child aloud.
The Favoured Child is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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