It takes the average reader 3 hours and 11 minutes to read Arrogant Beggar by Anzia Yezierska
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The target of intense critical comment when it was first published in 1927, Arrogant Beggar’s scathing attack on charity-run boardinghouses remains one of Anzia Yezierska’s most devastating works of social criticism. The novel follows the fortunes of its young Jewish narrator, Adele Lindner, as she leaves the impoverished conditions of New York’s Lower East Side and tries to rise in the world. Portraying Adele’s experiences at the Hellman Home for Working Girls, the first half of the novel exposes the “sickening farce” of institutionalized charity while portraying the class tensions that...
Arrogant Beggar by Anzia Yezierska is 191 pages long, and a total of 47,941 words.
This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 21 minutes to read Arrogant Beggar aloud.
Arrogant Beggar is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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