How Long to Read Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 36 minutes to read Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps by Ursula Buchan

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

Description

John Buchan's name is known across the world for The Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past one hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock. Yet there was vastly more to 'JB'. He wrote more than a hundred books – fiction and non-fiction – and a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines. He was a scholar, antiquarian, barrister, colonial administrator, journal editor, literary critic, publisher, war correspondent, director of wartime propaganda, member of parliament and imperial proconsul – given a state funeral when he died, a deeply admired and loved Governor-General of Canada. His teenage years in Glasgow's Gorbals, where his father was the Free Church minister, contributed to his ease with shepherds and ambassadors, fur-trappers and prime ministers. His improbable marriage to a member of the aristocratic Grosvenor family means that this account of his life contains, at its heart, an enduring love story. Ursula Buchan, his granddaughter, has drawn on recently discovered family documents to write this comprehensive and illuminating biography. With perception, style, wit and a penetratingly clear eye, she brings vividly to life this remarkable man and his times.

How long is Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps?

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps by Ursula Buchan is 512 pages long, and a total of 129,024 words.

This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 45 minutes to read Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps aloud.

What Reading Level is Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps?

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps 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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