How Long to Read Paul Scott

How Long Does it Take to Read Paul Scott?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 57 minutes to read Paul Scott by John Lennard

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

Description

A historically informed and informing study guide to of Scott's four great novels of British India - The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils - and of the popular coda, Staying On. The book covers Paul Scott's Life and works, the British Raj, imperial decay, civil and military India, the Indian independence movement, the birth of India and Pakistan, Ghandi, Jinnah, Congress and the Muslim League, the characters of the novel, especially Edwina Crane, Daphne Manners, Ronald Merrick and Hari Kumar.John Lennard's The Poetry Handbook (OUP, 1996; 2/e 2005), with Mary Luckhurst The Drama Handbook (OUP, 2002), and Of Modern Dragons and other essays on Genre Fiction (HEB, 2007). He is General Editor of HEB's Genre Fiction Sightlines and Monographs series, for which he has written on Reginald Hill, Walter Mosley, Octavia E. Butler, Ian McDonald, and Tamora Pierce. For Literature Insights he has also written on Shakespeare's Hamlet and Nabokov's Lolita.

How long is Paul Scott?

Paul Scott by John Lennard is 115 pages long, and a total of 29,325 words.

This makes it 39% the length of the average book. It also has 36% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Paul Scott Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Paul Scott aloud.

What Reading Level is Paul Scott?

Paul Scott 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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