How Long to Read Shades

How Long Does it Take to Read Shades?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 23 minutes to read Shades by Heather McHugh

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

Description

Shades is a book of shadow and light cast between trees and sun, between day and room, between life and death. It acknowledges endings as beginnings; it offers compassion and tenderness, searching for hope in the richness of nature; it seeks the same resources within the human being. Heather McHugh’s companion volume to To the Quick (Wesleyan 1987) continues the music and brilliance characteristic of her work but moves more deeply into the metaphysical. She writes in paradox, with serious wit and intensity, the crafted language of “stitches in hand and birds in time”; “We part/ before we...

How long is Shades?

Shades by Heather McHugh is 83 pages long, and a total of 20,999 words.

This makes it 28% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shades Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 54 minutes to read Shades aloud.

What Reading Level is Shades?

Shades is suitable for students ages 10 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Shades?

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