It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil
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The late 18th century world in which Jane Austen lived was one that combined good sense, elegant manners, intelligence and piety with a liberal dash of spirited fun. Drawing on Jane Austen's letters, novels, and other people's memories of her, David Cecil sets out to reconstruct and depict her living personality and to explore it in relation to her art. The portrait that emerges is of a clear-sighted, observant, strong-minded woman whose witty and ironic representation of her own society has delighted millions of readers for centuries.
A Portrait of Jane Austen by David Cecil is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read A Portrait of Jane Austen aloud.
A Portrait of Jane Austen is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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