It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read Harem: The World Behind the Veil (25th Anniversary Edition) by Alev Lytle Croutier
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A fascinating illustrated history of one of the strangest, and cruelest, cultural institutions ever devised. A worldwide best seller, translated into twenty-five languages. “I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha,” writes Alev Lytle Croutier. “People around me often whispered things about harems; my own grandmother and her sister had been brought up in one.” Drawing on a host of firsthand accounts and memoirs, as well as her own family history, Croutier explores life in the world’s harems, from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century, focusing on the...
Harem: The World Behind the Veil (25th Anniversary Edition) by Alev Lytle Croutier is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Harem: The World Behind the Veil (25th Anniversary Edition) aloud.
Harem: The World Behind the Veil (25th Anniversary Edition) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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