How Long to Read Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39

How Long Does it Take to Read Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 7 minutes to read Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39 by Charles Dickens

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

Description

London in the 1830s was undergoing great changes. In the streets old hackney coaches jostled with new omnibuses, night watchmen gave way to the new police, the poor crowded into inner-city slums, and the middle classes colonized genteel new suburbs. This was young Dickens's city, and he reported it all - the gin palaces, pleasure gardens, streets, shops, prisons, and law courts - as though he were, in Walter Bagehot's words, "a special correspondent for posterity". It was as a journalist that he first made his mark. His very first book, published when he was only twenty-four, was a collection of sketches that had first appeared in newspapers and magazines written under the pen name "Boz". Sketches by Boz was an instant bestseller. Dickens's knowledge of London was "extensive and peculiar" - like Sam Weller's in Pickwick Papers. "He knew it all, from Bow to Brentford", said one of his friends. In his Sketches the future novelist was marking out his territory, just as, in the pamphlet Sunday Under Three Heads, also included here, the lifelong campaigner against injustice and class oppression was finding his unique voice. This is the first of four volumes of Dickens's greatest journalism - the first ever annotated edition to be published.

How long is Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39?

Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39 by Charles Dickens is 662 pages long, and a total of 166,824 words.

This makes it 223% the length of the average book. It also has 204% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 11 minutes to read Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39 aloud.

What Reading Level is Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39?

Sketches by Boz and Other Early Papers, 1833-39 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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