How Long to Read Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary

How Long Does it Take to Read Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary by Kel Richards

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

Description

The astonishing story of James Hardy Vaux, writer of Australia's first dictionary and one of the first candid true-crime memoirs If you wear 'togs', tell a 'yarn', call someone 'sly', or refuse to 'snitch' on a friend ... then you are talking like a convict. These words, and hundreds of others, once left colonial magistrates baffled and police confused. So comprehensible to us today, the flash language of criminals and convicts had marine officer Watkin Tench complaining about the need for an interpreter in the colonial court. Luckily, by 1811, that man was at hand. James Hardy Vaux - conman, pickpocket, absconder and thief - born into comfortable circumstances in England - was so drawn to a life of crime he was transported to Australia ... not once, but three times! Vaux's talents, glibness and audacity were extraordinary, and perceiving an opportunity to ingratiate himself with authorities during his second period of sentence, he set about writing a dictionary of criminal slang of the colony, which was recognised for its uniqueness and taken back to England to be published. Kel Richards tells Vaux's story brilliantly, with the help of Vaux's own extraordinarily candid memoir of misdeeds - one of the first true-crime memoirs ever published - in a book that combines his favourite subjects: the inventiveness, humour and origins of Australian English, and our history of fabulous, disreputable characters. With echoes of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and Oliver Twist, Flash Jim horrifies, delights and entertains us - especially those who appreciate the power of words and the convict contribution to the Australian language.

How long is Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary?

Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary by Kel Richards is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary aloud.

What Reading Level is Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary?

Flash Jim: the Astonishing Story of the Convict Fraudster Who Wrote Australia's First Dictionary is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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