It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read Masters of Bedlam by Andrew Scull
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century "mad-doctors," Masters of Bedlam provides a unique perspective on the creation of the modern profession of psychiatry, taking us from the secret and shady practices of the trade in lunacy, through the utopian expectations that were aroused by the lunacy reform movement, to the dismal realities of the barracks-asylums--those Victorian museums of madness within which most nineteenth-century alienists found themselves compelled to practice. Across a century that spans the period from an unreformed...
Masters of Bedlam by Andrew Scull is 376 pages long, and a total of 96,256 words.
This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 45 minutes to read Masters of Bedlam aloud.
Masters of Bedlam is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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