How Long to Read In Praise of Poverty

By Mona Scheuermann

How Long Does it Take to Read In Praise of Poverty?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 33 minutes to read In Praise of Poverty by Mona Scheuermann

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

Description

In her own time and in ours, Hannah More (1745-1833) has been seen as a benefactress of the poor, writing and working selflessly to their benefit. Mona Scheuermann argues, however, that More's agenda was not simply to help the poor but to control them, for the upper classes in late eighteenth-century England were terrified that the poor would rise in revolt against Church and King. As much social history as literary study, In Praise of Poverty shows that More's writing to the poor specifically is intended to counter the perceived rabble rousing of Thomas Paine and other radicals active in the 1790s. In fact, her Village Politics was written by request of the Bishop of London as a direct response to Paine's Rights of Man. The much larger project of the Cheap Repository Tracts followed, and More was still writing in this vein two decades later. Scheuermann effectively, and perhaps controversially, places More in the context of her period's debate about the poor, proving More to be not a defender of the poor but of the conservative upper-class values she so wholeheartedly espoused.

How long is In Praise of Poverty?

In Praise of Poverty by Mona Scheuermann is 326 pages long, and a total of 83,456 words.

This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Praise of Poverty Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 36 minutes to read In Praise of Poverty aloud.

What Reading Level is In Praise of Poverty?

In Praise of Poverty is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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