How Long to Read Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral

How Long Does it Take to Read Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 18 minutes to read Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessie Redmon Fauset

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

Description

A classic novel of the Harlem Renaissance: Jesse Redmon Fauset's moving, delicately observed portrait of life along the color line Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Plum Bun (1928) brilliantly exemplifies the cultural, social, and creative ferment of the Harlem Renaissance. Its heroine, the young, talented, light-skinned Angela Murray, hopes for more from life than her black Philadelphia neighborhood and her middle-class upbringing seem to offer. Seeking romantic and creative fulfilment, and refusing to accept racist and sexist obstacles to her ambition, she makes a radical choice: to pass as white, and study art in New York City. Against the vivid, cosmopolitan backdrop of Harlem and Greenwich Village in the Roaring Twenties, her subsequent journey through seduction, betrayal, protest, and solidarity is ultimately a journey toward self-understanding. Along the way, Fauset includes fictionalized portraits of leading Harlem Renaissance figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois (for whom she edited The Crisis) and the sculptor Augusta Savage, recently denied a chance to study in Paris because of her skin color. Revising conventional narratives of the “tragic mulatta” and skillfully blending realism and romance, Plum Bun raises questions about art, race, gender, inspiration, and authenticity that will continue to resonate for readers today.

How long is Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral?

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessie Redmon Fauset is 254 pages long, and a total of 64,516 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral aloud.

What Reading Level is Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral?

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral 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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