How Long to Read Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record

How Long Does it Take to Read Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 10 minutes to read Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record by Arthur Austen-Leigh

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

Description

Since 1870-1, when J. E. Austen Leigh published his Memoir of Jane Austen, considerable additions have been made to the stock of information available for her biographers. Of these fresh sources of knowledge the set of letters from Jane to Cassandra, edited by Lord Brabourne, has been by far the most important. These letters are invaluable as mémoires pour servir; although they cover only the comparatively rare periods when the two sisters were separated, and although Cassandra purposely destroyed many of the letters likely to prove the most interesting, from a distaste for publicity. Some further correspondence, and many incidents in the careers of two of her brothers, may be read in Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers, by J. H. Hubback and Edith C. Hubback; while Miss Constance Hill has been able to add several family traditions to the interesting topographical information embodied in her Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends. Nor ought we to forget the careful research shown in[vi] other biographies of the author, especially that by Mr. Oscar Fay Adams. During the last few years, we have been fortunate enough to be able to add to this store; and every existing MS. or tradition preserved by the family, of which we have any knowledge, has been placed at our disposal. It seemed, therefore, to us that the time had come when a more complete chronological account of the novelist's life might be laid before the public, whose interest in Jane Austen (as we readily acknowledge) has shown no signs of diminishing, either in England or in America. The Memoir must always remain the one firsthand account of her, resting on the authority of a nephew who knew her intimately and that of his two sisters. We could not compete with its vivid personal recollections; and the last thing we should wish to do, even were it possible, would be to supersede it.

How long is Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record?

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record by Arthur Austen-Leigh is 550 pages long, and a total of 137,500 words.

This makes it 186% the length of the average book. It also has 168% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 31 minutes to read Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record aloud.

What Reading Level is Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record?

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters - A Family Record 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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