How Long to Read A Lame Dog's Diary

How Long Does it Take to Read A Lame Dog's Diary?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read A Lame Dog's Diary by Sarah Macnaughtan

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

Description

The "Lame Dog" is not a dog at all, but a soldier who at Magersfontein was shot in the legs. Slowly recovering at home from his injuries, he finally adopts the device of a bewitching young widow and starts a diary. "Few bits of contemporaneous literature have shown so delightful and humorous a point of view." -Chicago Evening Post "A readable, human and humorous document. The diary is very well written." -New York Evening Post "Would make not only the proverbial cat laugh, but anything living that has a sense of humor." -Evening Standard "Stories of humor and character....This diary tells what she saw, heard, and did in Belgium." -New Outlook "Reveals rare qualities of mirth, tenderness and insight. All the foibles, all the absurdities of a quiet country neighborhood are set before us, and laughter is irresistible, as irresistible as affection for the little company of people presented." -The Academy "Simple and disarmingly unpretentious....The journal of a young officer, wounded in South Africa, trying as best he can to adjust himself to a life of crutches and invalidism.....In trusting the young man to tell his story, the author has avoided all the pitfalls which usually beset narratives in the first person. Hugo manages to let you know that he is a pleasant fellow: you see his type plainly, without any indecent self-laudation on his part. Although he merely serves as a mirror to show the whimsies of a village as dull as any in Miss Austen, you take an interest in his own quiet love affair, if only because he is so agreeable a person, and you proceed in the happiest frame of mind to follow his thread of a story. If you put down the book offering up prayers of thankfulness at not being condemned to live in a moribund English hamlet, you also hope to have many more glimpses of it, through the eyes of so competent a guide as S. Macnaughtan." -The Atlantic Monthly

How long is A Lame Dog's Diary?

A Lame Dog's Diary by Sarah Macnaughtan is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Lame Dog's Diary Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read A Lame Dog's Diary aloud.

What Reading Level is A Lame Dog's Diary?

A Lame Dog's Diary 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.

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