It takes the average reader 8 hours and 27 minutes to read A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The publication in 1882 of this classic book by “The Dean of American Letters” marked his transition from magazine editor and author of some mildly received comedies of manners, to leading American novelist and champion of realism in American literature. The story of Bartley Hubbard, a philandering, dishonest Boston journalist, and Marcia Gaylord, the wife who divorces him, is the first serious treatment of divorce in American literature. Although Howells had considered writing the novel for years, the actual composition of it brought forth another theme besides that of divorce—that of new...
A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells is 496 pages long, and a total of 126,976 words.
This makes it 167% the length of the average book. It also has 155% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 33 minutes to read A Modern Instance aloud.
A Modern Instance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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