It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This historical novel set during the eighteenth century recounts the tumultuous final years of famed English lexicographer and poet Samuel Johnson. In 1764, Britain’s greatest man of letters—the writer of the first English dictionary—shut himself in his room and refused to come out. Exhausted from working on an edition of Shakespeare’s plays, Samuel Johnson had fallen into a deep depression. He refused to eat and only opened his door to cry out incomprehensible phrases or empty his chamber pot. Finally, a priest was able to lure the scholar out of confinement, and, as he did, Johnson’s friend...
According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read According to Queeney aloud.
According to Queeney is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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