How Long to Read Laying Out the Bones

How Long Does it Take to Read Laying Out the Bones?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Laying Out the Bones by Bridget English

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

Description

English sheds new light on death and dying in twentieth- and twenty-first century Irish literature as she examines the ways that Irish wake and funeral rituals shape novelistic discourse. She argues that the treatment of death in Irish novels offers a way of making sense of mortality and provides insight into Ireland’s cultural and historical experience of death. Combining key concepts from narrative theory—such as readers’ competing desires for a story and for closure—with Irish cultural analyses and literary criticism, English performs astute close readings of death in select novels by...

How long is Laying Out the Bones?

Laying Out the Bones by Bridget English is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Laying Out the Bones Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Laying Out the Bones aloud.

What Reading Level is Laying Out the Bones?

Laying Out the Bones 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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