How Long to Read Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North

How Long Does it Take to Read Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North by Gilbert Parker

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

Description

"Pierre and His People" is the short-story collection that launched the remarkable career of Sir Gilbert Parker. Born in Ontario, Canada, Parker drew on his childhood memories for some of the characters he describes, and he writes in a style as crisp as the cold in the glacial Northwest. Pretty Pierre is the recurrent figure who links these eighteen stories of Indians, gold- and adventure-seekers and red-coated Mounties in the nineteenth century. Pierre is a young gambler called "pretty" for the red tinge on his cheeks, but Parker adds to the figure: "small and beautiful, silent and deadly." Stories range from the hard realities of "The Patrol of the Cypress Hills," to the ghostly horseman in "The Scarlet Hunter," to the tall-tale bluster of "Shon McGann's Toboggan Ride." (Shon slides down a glacier in a gold-miner's pan.) Thanks to the success of this 1892 collection, Parker became a novelist, a newspaperman in Australia, a traveler through the South Pacific, and a member of the English Parliament. Or as Pierre says, "The higher we go, the faster we live."

How long is Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North?

Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North by Gilbert Parker is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North aloud.

What Reading Level is Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North?

Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North 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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