It takes the average reader 8 hours and 58 minutes to read Barry Lyndon by W. M. W. M. Thackeray
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Set in late 18th century Europe the adventures and mis-adventures of a minor member of the Irish gentry trying to better himself. Redmond Barry of Bally Barry is a clever young man, who learns the manners of a gentleman. This serves him well, for the next few decades he meanders through Europe, as a soldier, mercenary, gambler, and vagabond. He reaches the pinnacle of worldly success by marriage to an English heiress, but disastrously squanders her fortune and good will. In 1975 Stanley Kubrick released a movie based on this novel.
Barry Lyndon by W. M. W. M. Thackeray is 526 pages long, and a total of 134,656 words.
This makes it 178% the length of the average book. It also has 165% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 15 minutes to read Barry Lyndon aloud.
Barry Lyndon is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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