It takes the average reader 4 hours to read A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain. The recourse of only the most desperate, dark and terrible tales of malnutrition, misery, mistreatment and murder ran like wildfire through the poorer classes, who lived in terror of being forced inside the institution’s towering walls. This book contains 365 incredible tales of fires, drownings, explosions and disasters, infamous scandals such as the Andover affair – where inmates were forced to eat the bones they were supposed to be crushing to ward off starvation – and sickening tales of abuse, assault, bodysnatching,...
A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.
This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse aloud.
A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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