How Long to Read Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 44 minutes to read Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell by Dame Edith Sitwell

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

Description

Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was, through four decades, the most prominent and celebrated woman poet in Britain. Among the notable admirers of her work were Siegfried Sassoon, WB Yeats and Gertrude Stein, Stephen Spender and Marianne Moore. Just after her death, Allen Tate described her in The New York Times as 'one of the great poets of the twentieth century'. Even as one allows for the ebb and flow of literary reputations, Edith Sitwell will have permanent claim on the attention of readers and literary scholars. She and her two brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell, were the focus of a movement in English Literature described as an 'alternative Bloomsbury'. This volume includes unpublished letters to many significant figures, including WB Yeats, Bertrand Russell and Benjamin Britten. It also contains letters that illuminate Sitwell's relations with other women writers, among them, Gertrude Stein and Rosamond Lehmann. 'I am besotted with this dotty old bat. Britain's most celebrated and eccentric female poet, she dashed off reams of witty, newsy, mischievous letters in exquisitely beautiful prose. Every letter is a gem' - Val Hennessy (one of her top ten books for 1997), Daily Mail

How long is Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell?

Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell by Dame Edith Sitwell is 508 pages long, and a total of 131,064 words.

This makes it 171% the length of the average book. It also has 160% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 56 minutes to read Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell aloud.

What Reading Level is Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell?

Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell 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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