How Long to Read Shadow of a Doubt

How Long Does it Take to Read Shadow of a Doubt?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 20 minutes to read Shadow of a Doubt by Diane Negra

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

Description

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) was British-born Alfred Hitchcock’s sixth American film and the one that he at various times identified as his favourite and his best. It seems likely that one of the reasons he liked Shadow so much is that is an extraordinarily well-ordered narrative system, a meticulous cause and effect chain that melds its various scenes and sequences together to form a unified narrative that is highly effective in building suspense and cultivating identification with characters. This scrupulously organized film operates as a masterclass on principles of narrative design while generating resonant commentary on the nature of family life. This book redresses the deficit of sustained critical attention paid to Shadow even in the large corpus of Hitchcock scholarship. Analysing the film’s narrative system, issues of genre, authorship, social history, homesickness and ‘family values’, Diane Negra shows how the film’s impeccable narrative structure is wedded to radical ideological content, linking the film’s terrors to the punishing effects of looking beyond conventional family and gender roles. This book understands Shadow as an unconventionally female-centred Hitchcock text and a milestone film that marks the director’s emergent engagement with the pathologies of violence in American life and opens a window into the placement of femininity in World War II consensus culture and more broadly into the politics of mid-century gender and family life.

How long is Shadow of a Doubt?

Shadow of a Doubt by Diane Negra is 137 pages long, and a total of 35,209 words.

This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shadow of a Doubt Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 12 minutes to read Shadow of a Doubt aloud.

What Reading Level is Shadow of a Doubt?

Shadow of a Doubt 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.

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