How Long to Read Portraits of a Merchant Family

How Long Does it Take to Read Portraits of a Merchant Family?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Portraits of a Merchant Family by T. P. Benthall

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

Description

Benthall Hall is a National Trust property in Shropshire. It contains about 70 portraits that depict eight generations of a single family, together with their many relatives. The two portraits on the front cover are of William Bentall and Dr. William Marshall. They met in Devon and became friends in around 1760, one a young merchant and the other a medical student. They remained friends for life, and became the patriarchs of that large extended family. Their children and grandchildren intermarried, and in the 19th century this clan exemplified the importance of "incest and influence" in maintaining a successful merchant class (as engagingly described by the anthropologist Adam Kuper in his book of that title). Its most successful members sometimes brushed with greatness, becoming entrepreneurs or civil servants in the British government and its colonies. Several others lived colourful but less respectable lives. The author draws on public and private documents to bring this family to life and show how, for better or worse, they lived through the political and social developments of the 19th and 20th centuries. Any net profits from sales of the book will be donated to the National Trust. The author, probably the youngest great-great-great-grandson of William Benthall and Dr. William Marshall, was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in West Bengal and educated in England. After graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Mathematics, he spent over fifty years working with computers, as an operations research analyst, management consultant and executive at a computer software company, before being coaxed into becoming a genealogist and amateur social historian.

How long is Portraits of a Merchant Family?

Portraits of a Merchant Family by T. P. Benthall is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Portraits of a Merchant Family Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Portraits of a Merchant Family aloud.

What Reading Level is Portraits of a Merchant Family?

Portraits of a Merchant Family 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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