How Long to Read The Black Maria

How Long Does it Take to Read The Black Maria?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 59 minutes to read The Black Maria by Rupert Colley

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

Description

When love becomes your greatest enemyMoscow, 1935. Stalin is in power. People live in constant fear - fear of each other, fear of being denounced, and fear of Stalin's secret police, the NKVD. Ordinary citizens live behind a mask - a public face that enables them to toe the Party line and conceal their true feelings and personal thoughts. One such citizen is thirty-year-old Maria. She has a past - the sort that, if known, would cost her her freedom. So monstrous her crime, she is forced to live a lie. Maria marries Petrov, a Party activist, not out of love, but as a means of forming a new identity, to escape her past. Her existence is safe - but dull. Until the day she meets Dmitry. Dmitry is an artist, whose work allows him a standard of living above the average Muscovite. But Dmitry feels straitjacketed by what he's allowed to paint. Instead of the state approved rural idyll of his latest commission, he aspires to paint the female form. But when Maria offers to pose for him, he refuses - until he falls in love with her. Dmitry's artistic aspirations and Maria's yearning for a new life force them to risk everything in the name of love and freedom. The Black Maria is a novel about truth - the distortion of it, and the fear of it. And at the heart of the novel, is Maria's brutal past. When love comes unexpectedly, it threatens to expose the truth and destroy her. "I'm seriously in awe. It's a remarkable piece of work. It's dark, gritty, and really quite disturbing. And heartbreaking at the same time. A brilliant achievement!" Sinead Fitzgibbon. Rupert Colley is the founder, editor and writer of the highly successful History In An Hour series of ebooks and audio, published by HarperCollins.

How long is The Black Maria?

The Black Maria by Rupert Colley is 348 pages long, and a total of 89,784 words.

This makes it 117% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Black Maria Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 10 minutes to read The Black Maria aloud.

What Reading Level is The Black Maria?

The Black Maria 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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