How Long to Read A Boat Load of Home Folk

How Long Does it Take to Read A Boat Load of Home Folk?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 44 minutes to read A Boat Load of Home Folk by Thea Astley

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

When the tourist ship 'Malekula' arrives at a tropic island in the the Pacific the crushing heat and the looming hurricane intensify the hostilities and frustrations of the egocentric people on board. And when the hurricane bursts on the island the havoc it brings is less perhaps than the personal storms of man and wife, of spinster friends, of man and mistress, of erring priest. Gerald Seabrook's pointless womanising achieves a finality of irritation for his suffering wife; elderly Miss Paradise drives her life-long friend, Miss Trumper, to make a fatal pilgrimage; the agent Stevenson sees...

How long is A Boat Load of Home Folk?

A Boat Load of Home Folk by Thea Astley is 218 pages long, and a total of 56,244 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Boat Load of Home Folk Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 7 minutes to read A Boat Load of Home Folk aloud.

What Reading Level is A Boat Load of Home Folk?

A Boat Load of Home Folk is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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