How Long to Read Barry Island

How Long Does it Take to Read Barry Island?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Barry Island by Andy Croll

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Barry Island was one of the most cherished leisure spaces in twentieth-century south Wales, the playground of generations of working-class day-trippers. This book considers its rise as a seaside resort and reveals a history that is much more complex, lengthy and important than has previously been recognized. As conventionally told, the story of the Island as tourist resort begins in the 1890s, when the railway arrived in Barry. In fact, it was functioning as a watering place by the 1790s. Yet decades of tourism produced no sweeping changes. Barry remained a district of ‘bathing villages’ and...

How long is Barry Island?

Barry Island by Andy Croll is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Barry Island Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Barry Island aloud.

What Reading Level is Barry Island?

Barry Island 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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