How Long to Read Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale

How Long Does it Take to Read Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale by Julia Allen

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

Description

'Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale' challenges the popular image of Samuel Johnson as a man who favoured energetic discussion over physical exercise, enthroned in an armchair peering short-sightedly at a book. Thanks to the diarist and author Hester Thrale we have many anecdotes that connect Dr Johnson to a variety of sports, and Julia Allen, following Lytton Strachey's advice to attack her subject in unexpected places, uses entries from Dr Johnson's dictionary and anecdotes about the great man as her window into the world of eighteenth-century sport and exercise. Revealing a world both...

How long is Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale?

Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale by Julia Allen is 310 pages long, and a total of 77,500 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale aloud.

What Reading Level is Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale?

Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale 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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