How Long to Read Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

How Long Does it Take to Read Daddy's Gone A-Hunting?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer

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

Description

A breakthrough novel of suburban loneliness and subversion—“her style, spare and singular, cuts through the decades like a scalpel” (Rachel Cooke, The Observer) Bourgeois housewife Ruth Whiting is “paralysed by triviality,” measuring out her days in coffee mornings, glasses of sherry, and bridge parties—routines that barely disturb the solitude of her existence. Her husband spends his weeknights in town; their daughter, eighteen-year-old Angela, is at Oxford; and their sons are at boarding school. Then Angela accidentally falls pregnant, and Ruth must keep her own past from repeating itself....

How long is Daddy's Gone A-Hunting?

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting by Penelope Mortimer is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Daddy's Gone A-Hunting Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Daddy's Gone A-Hunting aloud.

What Reading Level is Daddy's Gone A-Hunting?

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting 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.

Where Can I Buy Daddy's Gone A-Hunting?

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