How Long to Read Black Drop

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Drop?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Black Drop by Shirley McKay

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

Description

The year is 1820, and the literati gather at publisher William Blackwood's Edinburgh bookshop, the portal to the New Town and the modern age. At the edge of their circle is the young clerk Eden Walker, dazzled by the firmament of fashion and celebrity, in which the brightest star is the Great Unknown, whose authorship of Waverley remains an open secret and whose dramas now electrify the Edinburgh stage. The sensation of the month is Blackwood's magazine, a toxic jeu d'esprit whose correspondents play upon the cult of anonymity, writing under masks and assumed identities to make libellous attacks on enemies and friends. Eden is drawn in to this shape-shifting world, where illusion turns to nightmare and glitter falls to dust, with tragic, and fatal, results. Black Drop is a story of the cult of personality, of literary celebrity and noxious anonymity, and above all of identity, played out in the graceful milieu of the Edinburgh New Town, where everything revolves around the self.

How long is Black Drop?

Black Drop by Shirley McKay is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Drop Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Black Drop aloud.

What Reading Level is Black Drop?

Black Drop 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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