It takes the average reader 7 hours and 2 minutes to read Pearl by Fiona Lindsay Shen
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls’ dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process as we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal’s sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and...
Pearl by Fiona Lindsay Shen is 421 pages long, and a total of 105,671 words.
This makes it 142% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 37 minutes to read Pearl aloud.
Pearl is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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