How Long to Read Generations

How Long Does it Take to Read Generations?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read Generations by Lucille Clifton

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

Description

A moving family biography in which the poet traces her family history back through Jim Crow, the slave trade, and all the way to the women of the Dahomey people in West Africa. Buffalo, New York. A father’s funeral. Memory. In Generations, Lucille Clifton’s formidable poetic gift emerges in prose, giving us a memoir of stark and profound beauty. Her story focuses on the lives of the Sayles family: Caroline, “born among the Dahomey people in 1822,” who walked north from New Orleans to Virginia in 1830 when she was eight years old; Lucy, the first black woman to be hanged in Virginia; and Gene,...

How long is Generations?

Generations by Lucille Clifton is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.

This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Generations Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Generations aloud.

What Reading Level is Generations?

Generations is suitable for students ages 10 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.

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