It takes the average reader 7 hours and 32 minutes to read Independence Day by Richard Ford
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
After the disintegration of his family, the ruin of his career and an affair with a much younger woman, Frank Bascombe decides that the surest route to a 'normal' American life is to become an estate agent in Haddam, New Jersey. Frank blunders through the suburban citadels of the Eastern Seaboard and avoids engaging in life until the sudden, cataclysmic events of a Fourth-of-July weekend with his son jolt him back. The sequel to THE SPORTSWRITER and the only novel ever to win the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award in the same year, INDEPENDENCE DAY is a landmark in American Literature.
Independence Day by Richard Ford is 451 pages long, and a total of 113,201 words.
This makes it 152% the length of the average book. It also has 138% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 18 minutes to read Independence Day aloud.
Independence Day is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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