It takes the average reader 5 hours and 4 minutes to read After the Voyage by Brenda Murphy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From different counties in Ireland, Maggie Qualter and Richard Terrett both sail to America as young adults in 1870 after surviving Ireland's Great Hunger as children. Maggie works as a maid for a wealthy family. Richard finds work in a tannery. After the death of the young wife he loves passionately, Richard joins with Maggie in an arranged marriage, which is poisoned from the beginning by well-intentioned lies. Their children grow up in the midst of Irish American culture, the Catholic Church, and their father's battles for the workingman in the Knights of Labor. Mary dreams of being a nun,...
After the Voyage by Brenda Murphy is 302 pages long, and a total of 76,104 words.
This makes it 102% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 55 minutes to read After the Voyage aloud.
After the Voyage 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.
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