How Long to Read South to a Very Old Place

How Long Does it Take to Read South to a Very Old Place?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read South to a Very Old Place by Albert Murray

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

Description

The highly acclaimed novelist and biographer Albert Murray tells his classic memoir of growing up in Alabama during the 1920s and 1930s in South to a Very Old Place. Intermingling remembrances of youth with engaging conversation, African-American folklore, and astute cultural criticism, it is at once an intimate personal journey and an incisive social history, informed by “the poet’s language, the novelist’s sensibility, the essayist’s clarity, the jazzman’s imagination, the gospel singer's depth of feeling” (The New Yorker). “His perceptions are firmly based in the blues idiom, and it is...

How long is South to a Very Old Place?

South to a Very Old Place by Albert Murray is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read South to a Very Old Place Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read South to a Very Old Place aloud.

What Reading Level is South to a Very Old Place?

South to a Very Old Place 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.

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

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