How Long to Read Life Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Stories?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Life Stories by A. L. Barker

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

Description

‘She is formidable, and from a bare corner of human relations gathers a rich harvest.’ Adam Mars-JonesFirst published in 1981, Life Stories includes some of A. L. Barker’s earliest fiction (taken from her Somerset Maugham Prize-winning book, Innocents) alongside newer pieces. Conceived as an antidote to conventional autobiography, with what she described as ‘all those pages peppered with "I"s’, Life Stories consists of fictions based on and recalling the formative events of her writerly life. All are shaped and incorporated to form a wholly individual narrative in which ‘some of the facts are here, and a lot of fiction, with truth in all of it.’‘Her glancing, allusive writing carries one along easily, darting from invention to invention . . . Underneath there is a firm, ordering imagination and the poise of perfect pitch.’ New Statesman'It would be hard to find anyone who chooses words more exactly or constructs with more precision.' Penelope Fitzgerald ‘A. L. Barker writes extraordinarily well, evoking a character or a situation with great economy in a few lines . . . one can only admire the quality of her writing, which makes one want to go on reading.’ Auberon Waugh

How long is Life Stories?

Life Stories by A. L. Barker is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Life Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is Life Stories?

Life Stories 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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