How Long to Read Bleak Houses

How Long Does it Take to Read Bleak Houses?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Bleak Houses by Lisa Surridge

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

Description

The Offenses Against the Person Act of 1828 opened magistrates' courts to abused working-class wives. Newspapers in turn reported on these proceedings, and in this way the Victorian scrutiny of domestic conduct began. But how did popular fiction treat “private” family violence? Bleak Houses: Marital Violence in Victorian Fiction traces novelists' engagement with the wife-assault debates in the public press between 1828 and the turn of the century. Lisa Surridge examines the early works of Charles Dickens and reads Dombey and Son and Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in the context of...

How long is Bleak Houses?

Bleak Houses by Lisa Surridge is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bleak Houses Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Bleak Houses aloud.

What Reading Level is Bleak Houses?

Bleak Houses 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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