It takes the average reader 2 hours and 2 minutes to read Coram Boy by Helen Edmundson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England. In 18th-century Gloucestershire, the evil Otis Gardner preys on unmarried mothers, promising to take their babies (and their money) to Thomas Coram's hospital for foundling children. Instead, he buries the babies and pockets the loot. But Otis's downfall is set in train when his half-witted son Meshak falls in love with a young girl, Melissa, and rescues the unwanted son she has had with a disgraced aristocrat. The child is brought up in Coram's hospital, and proves to have inherited the startling musical gifts of his father - gifts that ultimately bring about his father's redemption and a heartbreaking family reunion. Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Jamila Gavin's award-winning novel, Coram Boy, was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2005. It won the Time Out Live Award for Best Play. 'A rich and almost Gothic drama' - Philip Pullman
Coram Boy by Helen Edmundson is 122 pages long, and a total of 30,744 words.
This makes it 41% the length of the average book. It also has 38% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 48 minutes to read Coram Boy aloud.
Coram Boy is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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