How Long to Read Letters to a Friend

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters to a Friend?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read Letters to a Friend by Dame Rose Macaulay

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

Description

Here is a great literary find. These letters written by Rose Macaulay to Father Hamilton Johnson, an Anglican priest, show her to have been one of the great letter-writers of this century.Rose Macaulay first met Hamilton Johnson in 1914. At that time he was at the London headquarters of the Cowley Fathers and they met there perhaps half a dozen times. In 1916 he was transferred to America and they lost touch, until in 1950 he happened to read a copy of her novel, They Were Defeated. He wrote a fan letter: she replied. And so started a correspondence, and a friendship which was to flower into the series of letters published in this volume. It tells the story of her return, after thirty years' estrangement, to the life of the Anglican Church. But to describe these letters as simply religious is hardly to do justice to the range of topics they discuss or to the level at which the discussion is conducted. To Rose Macaulay the letter seems to have been a completely natural means of self-expression. On one of her letters Hamilton Johnson scribbled "spontaneous, literary, characteristic." It is impossible to improve upon this description: their spon­taneity is complete, they are literary in expression and content; the humanity, the humour and the mind which they reflect- quickly stimulated, wide-ranging, inquisitive, learned-is so characteristic that the reader can practically catch the tone of Rose Macaulay's voice. She writes of places and people, of books (including her own) and their authors, of ruins and bathing, of bicycling and genealogy, of pronunciation and liturgy... . . .This book is the reflection of a very remarkable woman, and a memorial to her art.

How long is Letters to a Friend?

Letters to a Friend by Dame Rose Macaulay is 386 pages long, and a total of 98,816 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters to a Friend Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read Letters to a Friend aloud.

What Reading Level is Letters to a Friend?

Letters to a Friend 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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