It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Tales From Bective Bridge by Mary Lavin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
'Mary Lavin's stories... are subtle without making a palaver about it, beautifully told, no pat endings, no slickness; and as in life, nothing is resolved.' William Trevor First published in 1943, Tales from Bective Bridge is a collection of ten stories that memorably depict the rural mid-lands of Ireland and their people. Mary Lavin, though American-born, grew up in Athenry; and though the Irish short story was a dauntingly well-established form she succeeded in reinventing it with this, her debut collection, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, which exhibits a Chekhovian gift for...
Tales From Bective Bridge by Mary Lavin is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.
This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read Tales From Bective Bridge aloud.
Tales From Bective Bridge is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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