How Long to Read Behind Closed Doors

How Long Does it Take to Read Behind Closed Doors?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 36 minutes to read Behind Closed Doors by Maria Messina

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

Description

Ten stories of impoverished Sicilian women in the early 20th century—“honed, polished, devastatingly direct . . . verismo at its unsentimental best” (Kirkus Reviews). The Sicilian writer Maria Messina’s captivating and brutal stories of the women of her home island are presented in a “lyrical and immediate” English translation by Elise Magistro (Publishers Weekly). Messina, who died in 1944, was the foremost female practitioner of verismo—the Italian literary realism pioneered by fellow Sicilian Giovanni Verga. Published between 1908 and 1928, Messina’s fiction represents the massive Sicilian immigration to America occurring at that time. The individuals in these stories are caught between the traditions they respect and a desire to move beyond them. Women are shuttered in their houses, virtual servants to their families, left behind while working men immigrate to the United States in fortune-seeking droves. A cultural album that captures the lives of peasant, working-class, and middle-class women, “Messina’s words will leave their mark. Their power makes them impossible to forget” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

How long is Behind Closed Doors?

Behind Closed Doors by Maria Messina is 209 pages long, and a total of 54,131 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Behind Closed Doors Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 55 minutes to read Behind Closed Doors aloud.

What Reading Level is Behind Closed Doors?

Behind Closed Doors 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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