How Long to Read Rupert Brooke

How Long Does it Take to Read Rupert Brooke?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 57 minutes to read Rupert Brooke by Keith Hale

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

Description

Keith Hale, editor of Friends & Apostles: The Correspondence of Rupert Brooke and James Strachey, 1905-1914, here examines the bowdlerization of Brooke in existing biographies and looks into the poet's self-proclaimed bisexual identity. Hale examines the same-sex relationships Brooke enjoyed with Michael Sadleir, Charles Lascelles, and Denham Russell-Smith as well as the poems Brooke may have written about these early loves. As with many boys of his generation, Brooke's public school days affected him more profoundly than any period of his life. During his years at Rugby, Rupert was involved in romantic relationships with three boys. In order, Denham Russell-Smith entered Rugby in May 1902, age thirteen. Michael Sadleir followed in May 1903, age fourteen, making him and Denham the same age. Charles Lascelles entered in May 1904 at age fourteen. Thus, two of Brooke's Rugby loves were two years his junior, and the boy he appears to have loved most, Lascelles, was three years younger. Rupert Brooke was a man of his time, just not the man Winston Churchill and the early Brooke Trustees made him out to be. He was delivered a serious disservice by being labeled a "war poet," and was dealt further injustice when critics dismissed his poetry as detached from his life experience. This volume begins with Keith Hale tying Brooke's early poems to his Rugby romantic friendships and discussing Brooke's sexuality in some detail. The Collected Poems and Letters from America are then presented in their entirety together with the original introduction to the letters by Henry James.

How long is Rupert Brooke?

Rupert Brooke by Keith Hale is 234 pages long, and a total of 59,436 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rupert Brooke Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 24 minutes to read Rupert Brooke aloud.

What Reading Level is Rupert Brooke?

Rupert Brooke is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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