How Long to Read Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland

How Long Does it Take to Read Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 48 minutes to read Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland by Edmund Spencer

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

Description

Parental profligacy and the dishonesty of his guardian meant that when Edmund Spencer came of age in 1732 he inherited only a fragment of the estates that his great-great-grandfather, the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser, had amassed in Ireland. To keep himself and his family in a manner appropriate to their status Spencer had to find an income. His plan to publish the collected works of his ancestor foundered on the unrest caused by the 1745 Jacobite rebellion; posts in the army and the revenue proved just as elusive. In this collection of 120 letters, written to relatives in Wales, we follow his sometimes desperate hunt for preferment in Dublin and elsewhere, making full use of an extended network of patronage which includes, rather surprisingly, a number of Jacobite sympathisers. Along the way he paints a vivid picture of everyday life in eighteenth century rural Ireland, deploring bad harvests, making fun of extravagant spending at elections, dispensing alarming medical advice as well as passing on news about deaths and marriages, and gossip about elopements. This annotated edition of Spencer's letters will be of interest to both scholars and general readers eager to learn more about life in Georgian Ireland. Duncan Fraser is a visiting research fellow and Andrew Hadfield Professor of English, both at the University of Sussex.

How long is Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland?

Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland by Edmund Spencer is 284 pages long, and a total of 72,136 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland aloud.

What Reading Level is Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland?

Gentry Life in Georgian Ireland is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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