How Long to Read Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils

How Long Does it Take to Read Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils by Paul Eggert

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

Description

Biography of a Book traces the life of an iconic Australian literary work in the lead-up to, and for a century after, its initial publication: Henry Lawson's 1896 collection While the Billy Boils. Paul Eggert follows Lawson's gradual development of a pared-back bush realism in the early 1890s, as he struggled to forge a career, writing short stories and sketches for the newspapers. Lawson's famous collection came out at a decisive moment for the development of a fully professional Australian literary publishing industry, then in its infancy in Sydney. The volume's editing, design and production were collaborative events that changed the feel and nature of Lawson's writing. He had to give ground on his texts and their sequencing. The collection went on to be reprinted and repackaged countless times. Its production and reception histories act like a geological cross-section, revealing the contours of successive cultural formations in Australia. In unravelling the life of Lawson's classic work Eggert's book-historical approach challenges and clarifies established understandings of crucial moments in Australian literary history and of Lawson himself

How long is Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils?

Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils by Paul Eggert is 430 pages long, and a total of 107,500 words.

This makes it 145% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 47 minutes to read Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils aloud.

What Reading Level is Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils?

Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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