How Long to Read Mary Wroth

How Long Does it Take to Read Mary Wroth?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 30 minutes to read Mary Wroth by Josephine A. Roberts

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

Description

Mary Wroth (1587-1653?) was niece and god-daughter of Mary Sidney Herbert. She was married in 1604 to Sir Robert Wroth with whom she joined the Court circle of James I. In 1618 she began work on her enormous prose romance The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania. The first known work of original fiction by an Englishwoman it reflects her experience as an eyewitness to the turbulent Jacobean Court. Drawing upon a wide range of reading Wroth created a vast encyclopedic romance with a network of women placed at the centre. Its publication swiftly unleashed a storm of criticism from powerful noblemen who attacked Wroth for depicting their private lives under the guise of fiction. When protests reached the King, Wroth wrote a letter of disclaimer to George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham, in which she stated that copies ’were solde against my minde I never purposing to have had them published’. She explained that she had stopped the sale of the book and asked for the King’s warrant to recover other copies. There is no evidence that the book was recalled. The 1621 edition reproduced here is a unique copy containing the author’s own handwritten revisions.

How long is Mary Wroth?

Mary Wroth by Josephine A. Roberts is 616 pages long, and a total of 157,696 words.

This makes it 208% the length of the average book. It also has 193% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mary Wroth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 21 minutes to read Mary Wroth aloud.

What Reading Level is Mary Wroth?

Mary Wroth 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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