It takes the average reader 2 hours and 34 minutes to read Alas Poor Father by Joan Fleming
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Brigadier Basil Patricott, presently engaged on hush hush business for the foreign office, is a man able to cope with anything - except his two small motherless sons. As a result they run wild in the company of an eccentric Irish pigeon fancier, living with his sinister brother in a house of mysterious locked doors. Then one of the boys goes exploring, and what he sees behind those doors marks him down for immediate death. 'She has the gift of creating instantly credible characters' Sunday Times 'Twists and turns all over the place' Observer
Alas Poor Father by Joan Fleming is 149 pages long, and a total of 38,591 words.
This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Alas Poor Father aloud.
Alas Poor Father 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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