How Long to Read Food for the Dead

How Long Does it Take to Read Food for the Dead?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Food for the Dead by Michael E. Bell

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

Description

For nineteenth-century New Englanders, “vampires” lurked behind tuberculosis. To try to rid their houses and communities from the scourge of the wasting disease, families sometimes relied on folk practices, including exhuming and consuming the bodies of the deceased. Author and folklorist Michael E. Bell spent twenty years pursuing stories of the vampire in New England. While writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Henry David Thoreau, and Amy Lowell drew on portions of these stories in their writings, Bell brings the actual practices to light for the first time. He shows that the belief in vampires...

How long is Food for the Dead?

Food for the Dead by Michael E. Bell is 390 pages long, and a total of 97,500 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Food for the Dead Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Food for the Dead aloud.

What Reading Level is Food for the Dead?

Food for the Dead 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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