It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Shirley Jackson's American Gothic by Darryl Hattenhauer
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Best known for her short story "The Lottery" and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson produced a body of work that is more varied and complex than critics have realized. In fact, as Darryl Hattenhauer argues here, Jackson was one of the few writers to anticipate the transition from modernism to postmodernism, and therefore ranks among the most significant writers of her time. The first comprehensive study of all of Jackson's fiction, Shirley Jackson's American Gothic offers readers the chance not only to rediscover her work, but also to see how and why a major American writer...
Shirley Jackson's American Gothic by Darryl Hattenhauer is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.
This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Shirley Jackson's American Gothic aloud.
Shirley Jackson's American Gothic is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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