It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Thousands of years in the future, all the northern hemisphere is buried under the ice and snow of a new Ice Age. At the southern end of a large landmass called Ifrik, two children of the Mahondi people, seven-year old Mara and her younger brother, Dann, are abducted from their home in the middle of the night. Raised as outsiders in a poor rural village, Mara and Dann learn to survive the hardships and dangers of a life threatened as much by an unforgiving climate and menacing animals as by a hostile community of Rock People. Eventually they join the great human migration North, away from the...
Mara and Dann by Doris Lessing is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.
This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read Mara and Dann aloud.
Mara and Dann 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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