It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Belle by Paula Byrne
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Acclaimed biographer and bestselling author of The Real Jane Austen, Paula Byrne, tells the extraordinary true story of Dido Belle, whose unique social standing became instrumental in the campaign to end slavery in England. Beautiful, wealthy and sophisticated, Dido Belle was a vision of 18th century aristocratic virtue - however, she was no ordinary 18th century Lady. Born to a captured slave mother and a captain in the Royal Navy, Belle was adopted and raised by the politically powerful Lord Mansfield - the Lord Chief Justice of England - and her mixed race and illegitimacy became the...
Belle by Paula Byrne is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Belle aloud.
Belle is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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