How Long to Read A Tree on Fire

How Long Does it Take to Read A Tree on Fire?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 36 minutes to read A Tree on Fire by Alan Sillitoe

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

Description

The second novel in award-winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe’s William Posters Trilogyis an existential investigation of protest and revolution in 1960s North Africa and England Jewish dilettante Myra Bassingfield returns to England from Gibraltar with her four-week-old son. Frank Dawley, the child’s father and the anarchist antihero of The Death of William Posters, has disappeared into the African desert, where he is fighting with the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) for Algerian independence against French troops. Greeting Myra quayside as she disembarks from the ship is Frank’s friend, Albert Handley, an idealistic painter living in a chaotic house in Linconshire with seven kids, a bulldog, six cats, and two au pair girls. Albert’s brother, John, is determined to break from the family and he sets off for Algeria to track Frank down—but not before burning the Handley house to the ground. The Handley brood must then move in with Myra in Buckinghamshire, and by the time Frank finally shows up, they have formed a domestic cell of protest that may just plant the seeds of a new English revolution. From ramshackle life in a commune to undercover gunrunning, this is Alan Sillitoe, author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, at his humorous and literary best. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alan Sillitoe including rare images from the author’s estate.

How long is A Tree on Fire?

A Tree on Fire by Alan Sillitoe is 333 pages long, and a total of 84,249 words.

This makes it 112% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Tree on Fire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 40 minutes to read A Tree on Fire aloud.

What Reading Level is A Tree on Fire?

A Tree on Fire 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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