How Long to Read Cockburn's Millennium
By Co-Editor of the London Review of Books and Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature Karl Miller
How Long Does it Take to Read Cockburn's Millennium?
It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Cockburn's Millennium by Co-Editor of the London Review of Books and Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature Karl Miller
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Description
Henry Cockburn (1779-1854), a leading Scottish Whig of the nineteenth century, author of the classic Memorials of His Time, is perhaps the least-known of Scotland's famous men. 'Small, solid and genuine', in Carlyle's phrase, Cockburn gave himself to a variety of pursuits. As Advocate, Court of Session judge, orator, historian and poet, he fought for, and drafted, the Scottish Reform Bill of 1832 - with its momentous extension of the franchise - and he played a scarcely less significant part in the Victorian contest between Kirk and Judiciary. He broke with his father's principles, those of a sensible strong-minded lawyer and leading Scottish Tory, and became a 'man of sense' himself - an Edinburgh patriarch and sage, but of romantic sensibility, who would turn away from public commitments to take pleasure in the past and the pastoral seclusion of the neighbouring Pentland Hills. Karl Miller's sustained study of Cockburn, the first of its kind, was published in 1975. It makes use of manuscript materials to present a new picture of Cockburn's career and mental life, and presents him as one of a generation of thinkers and artists who succeeded to the Scottish Enlightenment. Cockburn's Millennium contains rich digressions on the outlook of the Scottish Whigs, on the world of the Edinburgh review, and on the Tory world-picture by which Cockburn and his friends were confronted and which included the genius of Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg. Cockburn is the protagonist of a work which ranges with penetration and wit over important issues of Scottish life and culture.
How long is Cockburn's Millennium?
Cockburn's Millennium by Co-Editor of the London Review of Books and Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature Karl Miller is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.
This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read Cockburn's Millennium Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read Cockburn's Millennium aloud.
What Reading Level is Cockburn's Millennium?
Cockburn's Millennium is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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