How Long to Read Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote

How Long Does it Take to Read Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote by Megan Riley McGilchrist

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

Description

Combining a breadth of scholarship, insightful critical thinking, and an engaging personal interaction with Mary Hallock Foote’s substantial collection of illustrations and writings, Megan Riley McGilchrist provides a significant contribution to western literature and the lives of western writers. Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote opens a window into the remarkable, little-known nineteenth-century personal history of accomplished American author and illustrator, Mary Hallock Foote, a woman both of her time, and ahead of it. When Mary gave up a successful career as an illustrator in New York to follow her husband, a mining engineer, to the West, she found herself in a new, unfamiliar, and often challenging world—sometimes feeling like an exile. The thousands of pages of her unpublished letters, which form the foundation of this book, give rare insight into the process of acculturation and eventually the transformation that she experienced. This wide-ranging analysis also examines the role that nature and Mary’s lifelong connection with the natural world played in her adaptation to the western mining towns where she spent much of the rest of her life. In many ways, Mary’s life mirrored that of author Megan Riley McGilchrist, whose parallel exile began in 1977 when she left America for England. Drawing equivalences with Mary’s life as an exile and her own life as an expatriate American woman, Megan provides a meditation on her own transformation, as much as on Mary’s. Megan demonstrates what it has been like to be a twenty-first-century American expatriate, Californian-turned-Londoner—to find common ground in the life of a nineteenth-century woman. Comprising elements of biography, literary analysis, history, and personal history, and containing many unpublished excerpts from Mary’s voluminous correspondence, Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote offers insight into the ways Mary perceived the world around her. It also provides insight into the experiences of exiles of any time—people who have left a familiar environment to embark on a new life in a new and not necessarily comfortable setting.

How long is Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote?

Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote by Megan Riley McGilchrist is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote aloud.

What Reading Level is Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote?

Exile, Nature, and Transformation in the Life of Mary Hallock Foote 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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