How Long to Read ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories

How Long Does it Take to Read ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories by Eric Midwinter

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

Description

For a hundred years, from about the 1850s to the 1950s, schoolboy stories were voraciously read by the vast majority of boys and a high proportion of girls. A huge proportion of these ‘ripping yarns’ were school-based stories – and cricket was an invariable element, From Tom Brown’s Schooldays to the ‘Red Circle’ tales of the Hotspur comic, older children of all classes were inducted into a culture in which cricket was admired as the ideal sport. Inevitably, this led to generations of parents and, importantly, teachers inculcating this concept into their offspring and pupils respectively. The chief relevant authors were self-proclaimed protagonists of the faith of Muscular Christianity; there was no accident about the creed they preached in their stories, inclusive of the righteous role of cricket in pursuit of their ideals. This text describes the sheer weight and longevity of cricket in this type of literature and the background and beliefs of its major progenitors. That also analyses the cultural and social impact of this intense volume of schoolboy cricket tales. The author’s controversial conclusion is that, in brief, it was good for cricket but bad for the nation’s education system. Here is a book, then, that will appeal not only to cricket fans but to those interested in children’s literature, social history and the development of today’s schools.

How long is ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories?

‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories by Eric Midwinter is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.

This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories aloud.

What Reading Level is ‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories?

‘His Captain’s hand on his shoulder smote’: The incidence and influence of cricket in schoolboy stories is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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