How Long to Read Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years

How Long Does it Take to Read Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years?

It takes the average reader 10 hours to read Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years by Henry James

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

Description

After a childhood divided between America and Europe, Henry James settled with his family in New England, first in what he regarded as an outpost of Europe, Newport, and later in Cambridge. The family letters (the initial inspiration for this autobiographical enterprise), many of which recount the early career of William James at Harvard and in Germany, also reveal Henry James Sr.’s views on the intellectual, philosophical, and social issues of the time. Henry Jr., aspiring to be "just literary," acknowledges his indebtedness to the widely cultured artist John La Farge, whose friendship he enjoyed during adolescence. The Civil War is recorded through the letters of his younger brother, Wilky, while Henry recalls a Whitmanesque longing for the Union soldiers he met and talked to. The death of a beloved cousin, Mary Temple, who would become the inspiration for some of his greatest fictional heroines, is documented through the passionate, questioning letters she wrote in her final year of life. In The Middle Years James, newly resident in London, gives his impressions of some of the literary "lions" of the time, most notably George Eliot and Tennyson. This first fully annotated critical edition of Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years both offers the reader extensive support in appreciating the demands of James’s late prose and illuminates the context in which one of literature’s most influential figures developed a characteristic voice.

How long is Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years?

Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years by Henry James is 600 pages long, and a total of 150,000 words.

This makes it 202% the length of the average book. It also has 183% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 39 minutes to read Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years aloud.

What Reading Level is Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years?

Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years 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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