How Long to Read Moral Tales: A Selection

How Long Does it Take to Read Moral Tales: A Selection?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read Moral Tales: A Selection by Maria Edgeworth

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

Description

In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in their readers while entertaining them with vivid, emotional storytelling. In More’s “Tawney Rachel,” for example, a servant girl suffers severe consequences for succumbing to superstition; in Opie’s “The Black Velvet Pelisse,” a young woman is rewarded for a charitable act with a desirable marriage; and in Edgeworth’s “The Dun,” a wealthy man’s selfishness destroys a poor family before he finally sees the error of his ways. This edition offers a selection of five short fictions by More, Opie, and Edgeworth—the best-known writers of the moral tale—prefaced by a critical introduction to the genre and its place in the complex and fascinating debates surrounding the writing and reading of fiction in the Romantic period. The volume concludes with a variety of background materials that help situate the moral tale in its late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literary contexts, including moral tales for children, theories of education, and contemporary reviews.

How long is Moral Tales: A Selection?

Moral Tales: A Selection by Maria Edgeworth is 176 pages long, and a total of 45,056 words.

This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Moral Tales: A Selection Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 6 minutes to read Moral Tales: A Selection aloud.

What Reading Level is Moral Tales: A Selection?

Moral Tales: A Selection is suitable for students ages 10 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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