It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read A Short History of a Small Place by T. R. Pearson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of A Short History of a Small Place announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet...
A Short History of a Small Place by T. R. Pearson is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.
This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read A Short History of a Small Place aloud.
A Short History of a Small Place is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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