It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times by Lucy Lethbridge
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice "Beautifully written, sparkling with insight, and a pleasure to read, Servants is social history at its most humane and perceptive." —Paul Addison, Times Literary Supplement From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate to the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house, domestics were an essential yet unobtrusive part of the British hierarchy for much of the past century, required to tread softly and blend into the background. Lucy Lethbridge’s Servants gives them a voice in this discerning portrait of the complex...
Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times by Lucy Lethbridge is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times aloud.
Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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