It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read The Believers by Janice Holt Giles
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In her historical novels about Kentucky, Janice Holt Giles has become known for the integrity with which she handles her material and for the realism with which she writes. In The Believers, first published in 1957, she continues her series about the settling of Kentucky with a moving story of love and marriage set in a Shaker community. Rebecca Fowler is only seventeen when she marries Richard Cooper. She cannot remember a time when she has not loved and trusted him and followed where he led. At first the marriage is happy; it is only after their child is stillborn that Richard shows...
The Believers by Janice Holt Giles is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read The Believers aloud.
The Believers is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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