How Long to Read The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys

How Long Does it Take to Read The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys by Lilian Pizzichini

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

Description

A groundbreaking biography of a psychologically traumatized novelist who forever changed the way we look at women in fiction. Jean Rhys (1890–1979) is best known for her 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea. A prequel to Jane Eyre, Rhys’s revolutionary work reimagined the story of Bertha Rochester—the misunderstood “madwoman in the attic” who was driven to insanity by cruelties beyond her control. The Blue Hour performs a similar exhumation of Rhys’s life, which was haunted by demons from within and without. Its examination of Rhys’s pain and loss charts her desperate journey from the jungles of...

How long is The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys?

The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys by Lilian Pizzichini is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys aloud.

What Reading Level is The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys?

The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys 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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