How Long to Read Abeng

How Long Does it Take to Read Abeng?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Abeng by Michelle Cliff

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

Description

Ever since Abeng was first published in 1984, Michelle Cliff has steadily become a literary force. Her novels evoke both the clearly delineated hierarchies of colonial Jamaica and the subtleties of present-day island life. Nowhere is her power felt more than in Clare Savage, her Jamaican heroine, who appeared, already grown, in No Telephone to Heaven. Abeng is a kind of prequel to that highly-acclaimed novel and is a small masterpiece in its own right. Here Clare is twelve years old, the light-skinned daughter of a middle-class family, growing up among the complex contradictions of class...

How long is Abeng?

Abeng by Michelle Cliff is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Abeng Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read Abeng aloud.

What Reading Level is Abeng?

Abeng is suitable for students ages 10 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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