How Long to Read Sally Hemings

How Long Does it Take to Read Sally Hemings?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 25 minutes to read Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud

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

Description

The story, told in alternating time narratives, begins in 1831 when Sally is aproximately sixty years old and is visited by a census taker called Nathan Langdon. With encouragement, Sally recounts her past to him. A past that begins when she passes into the ownership of her half-sister Martha Wyles who marries Thomas Jefferson. After Martha dies, Jefferson goes to Paris where he is joined by his two daughters. Elizabeth Hemings volunteers Sally as their maid, seeing it as Sally's chance for freedom as slavery has been abolished in France. Jefferson and Sally fall in love and she returns to...

How long is Sally Hemings?

Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud is 442 pages long, and a total of 111,384 words.

This makes it 149% the length of the average book. It also has 136% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sally Hemings Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 8 minutes to read Sally Hemings aloud.

What Reading Level is Sally Hemings?

Sally Hemings 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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