It takes the average reader 12 hours to read Rich: the Life of Richard Burton by Melvyn Bragg
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Richard Burton: star. The roaring boy from the Welsh coal valleys who came to sport on the banks of the old Nile, playing great Antony to Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra. From the West End to Hollywood, from Camelot to Shakespeare, he drank, dazzled and despaired, playing out his life on the public stage. But there was another, quieter, off-stage Richard Burton, a face hidden from the multitude. Melvyn Bragg, allowed free access to the never-before-revealed Burton private notebooks, and with the cooperation of friends who have never spoken about him before, has brought together the private and...
Rich: the Life of Richard Burton by Melvyn Bragg is 720 pages long, and a total of 180,000 words.
This makes it 243% the length of the average book. It also has 220% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 23 minutes to read Rich: the Life of Richard Burton aloud.
Rich: the Life of Richard Burton is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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