How Long to Read Naming the Birds

How Long Does it Take to Read Naming the Birds?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Naming the Birds by Regius Professor of English Literature Stephen Prickett

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

Description

While attempting to buy Christmas presents in the local Mall, Mark, an art-historian, sees and follows a girl into a second-hand bookshop. She has vanished - but in the window is a paperback bible with Blake's picture, 'Eve Naming the Birds', as cover design. Recognizing the likeness to the girl he has just followed, he tries to buy the book, but finds it not for sale. Further research reveals that no such cover-design was apparently ever produced. Returning to the Mall, he finds the bookshop has itself disappeared. From a door in another shop, he finds himself in Felpham in 1803, temporary home of William Blake - and meets the girl again, who admits that she was indeed Blake's model for Eve. Her unexplained gifts for time-travel are now, however, a threat to herself. There follows a series of mysterious, uncontrolled, and disturbing juxtapositions between modern and early nineteenth-century England - climaxing both in a meeting with Blake, and, more alarmingly, a local lynch-mob. Moreover, what has all this to do with the prophet Jeremiah, whose Michelangelo portrait is now the official bible cover? or with Mr Glass, a night-club and gallery owner, who seems to want to give away original Blake sketches ? This is a contemporary love-story, involving time-travel, art-history, and unexpected twists and shifts of power and perspective - not to mention the fate of the missing drawings for William Hayley's library at the Turret in Felpham.

How long is Naming the Birds?

Naming the Birds by Regius Professor of English Literature Stephen Prickett is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Naming the Birds Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Naming the Birds aloud.

What Reading Level is Naming the Birds?

Naming the Birds 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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