It takes the average reader 6 hours and 27 minutes to read Adam Gould by Julia O'Faolain
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Paris in the 1890s. Adam Gould, whose Anglo-Irish father has disowned him, works in a lunatic asylum run by the celebrated Dr Blanche, some of whose patients once starred in France's social firmament and still, when sane, sit at table with distinguished guests. One such patient is Guy de Maupassant. Another is Belcastel, who has taken the blame for a monarchist plot against the Third Republic, then feigned insanity. Madness and uncertain identity drive Adam's story, fuelled by Maupassant's sparkling insights on the matter. Gould falls in love with a married connection of Belcastel's. And...
Adam Gould by Julia O'Faolain is 377 pages long, and a total of 96,889 words.
This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 49 minutes to read Adam Gould aloud.
Adam Gould is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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