How Long to Read It's All a Bit Heath Robinson

How Long Does it Take to Read It's All a Bit Heath Robinson?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 39 minutes to read It's All a Bit Heath Robinson by Lucinda Gosling in association with Mary Evans Picture Library

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

Description

William Heath Robinson remains one of Britain's best-loved illustrators and has embedded himself into English vernacular, inspiring the phrase ' it's all a bit Heath Robinson' to describe any precarious or unnecessarily complex contraption. Born in London, he originally had ambitions to be a landscape painter, but would establish his artistic reputation as a book illustrator during the genre's so-called golden age. It was his association with weekly illustrated magazine The Sketch that was to launch and cement his legacy as a humorous artist. Combining a distinctive draughtsmanship with a curious and ingenious mind, the advent of the First World War inspired Heath Robinson to dream up a series of increasingly outlandish and bizarre military inventions with which the opposing armies would try to outwit each other. From the kaiser's campaigning car or a suggestion for an armoured bayonet curler, to post-war 'unbullying' of beef, his cartoons are a fantastically absurd take on wartime technology and home-front life. Sadly, his inventions were rejected by a (fictitious) 'Inventions Board', but the charm and eccentricity of his ideas was loved by the public and he remains to this day one of the finest exponents of humorous British art.

How long is It's All a Bit Heath Robinson?

It's All a Bit Heath Robinson by Lucinda Gosling in association with Mary Evans Picture Library is 334 pages long, and a total of 84,836 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read It's All a Bit Heath Robinson Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 43 minutes to read It's All a Bit Heath Robinson aloud.

What Reading Level is It's All a Bit Heath Robinson?

It's All a Bit Heath Robinson is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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