How Long to Read Letty Fox

How Long Does it Take to Read Letty Fox?

It takes the average reader 15 hours and 1 minute to read Letty Fox by Christina Stead

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

Description

From Paris to London to wartime New York, a young woman comes of age—and comes apart—in this witty novel by the author of The Man Who Loved Children. When Letty Fox first arrives in Manhattan, her goal is to escape her chaotic upbringing in London and Paris and the cynicism of her family, and create a fresh new start. This will be the existence she dreamed of—flitting from affair to affair, debating social issues over martinis, and finishing that novel about Robespierre that will make her envied by all the right people. Yet, Letty is at odds with both the city and herself: sexually adventurous yet fidgety for lasting romance, radically independent yet conservative, as likely to be betrayed by friends as she is to betray. And when Letty runs through the streets of Greenwich Village, it’s as much to unleash her glorious appetite for life as it is to suppress the “black moods” that always threaten to derail it. “No wonder [Christina Stead’s] work has reminded many of Tolstoy, Ibsen, Joyce,” said the New York Times Book Review. When this poisonously funny satire of the American bourgeoisie was first published in 1947, it was banned in the author’s native Australia, and met with alarm by stateside critics for its moral ambiguity. Ahead of its time with its vibrant and furious heroine, it is destined for rediscovery. From an author Saul Bellow called “really marvelous,” Letty Fox is a “merciless, cruel, and magnificently unforgiving” comedy of manners (Angela Carter, London Review of Books).

How long is Letty Fox?

Letty Fox by Christina Stead is 877 pages long, and a total of 225,389 words.

This makes it 296% the length of the average book. It also has 275% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letty Fox Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 20 hours and 31 minutes to read Letty Fox aloud.

What Reading Level is Letty Fox?

Letty Fox 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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