It takes the average reader 4 hours and 13 minutes to read The Bread and Butter Stories by Mary Norton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Reminiscent of Elizabeth von Arnim and Elizabeth Taylor, these 15 recently discovered short stories by the author of The Borrowers are wonderful period pieces about being an upper-middle class woman in the 1940s and early 50s. Many are reminiscent of Brief Encounter with their longings for adventure or romance to break the stifling constraints on their lives. Here are respectable conventional women settled into dull marriages finding themselves entertaining the notion of an affair while on holiday; a dowdy woman who suddenly decides to have her face done and take the £1.00 post-office savings...
The Bread and Butter Stories by Mary Norton is 247 pages long, and a total of 63,479 words.
This makes it 83% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 46 minutes to read The Bread and Butter Stories aloud.
The Bread and Butter Stories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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