How Long to Read A Doctor's Life

How Long Does it Take to Read A Doctor's Life?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read A Doctor's Life by David Selbourne

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

Description

'This diary records, in the terse fashion of a man with little time to spare, three driven, harassed years in the life of a hospital consultant. . . We can't guess at the diarist's intentions; in his worst moments he thought his words would never be read, let alone published. So constraints are off. Uncensored opinions are expressed and the writer himself, in all his irascible selfhood, takes us by the sleeve and furnishes us with an uncalculated account of his life and times.' So wrote Hilary Mantel in the Guardian in 2008. This is only an extract from a much longer piece in which Hilary Mantel reveals her pleasure at rediscovering this book. It is edited by David Selbourne, Hugh Selbourne's son, and in his introduction he writes, ' This record provides a self-portrait, a medical portrait of a community, and one observant man's response to a time of flux in the early 1960s. Moreover, there is to be found in the circumstances which brought people down and hence to my father's attentions, a complex part of the social history of our times, a part which is usually hidden. It was a period of cultural overlap, in which patients who could have stepped from the pages of Dickens, and who were ''bred by the conditions of of the industrial revolution'', rubbed shoulders with the first generation of post-war working class and welfare state teenagers.' The eloquent advocacy of Hilary Mantel and David Selbourne is more than justified: open this diary anywhere, but if you are sensible you will start at the beginning, and you will be drawn in immediately.

How long is A Doctor's Life?

A Doctor's Life by David Selbourne is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Doctor's Life Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read A Doctor's Life aloud.

What Reading Level is A Doctor's Life?

A Doctor's Life 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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