How Long to Read The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith

How Long Does it Take to Read The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 20 minutes to read The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith by Lucia McMahon

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

Description

Elizabeth Smith, a learned British woman born in the momentous year 1776, gained transnational fame posthumously for her extensive intellectual accomplishments, which encompassed astronomy, botany, history, poetry, and language studies. As she navigated her place in the world, Smith made a self-conscious decision to keep her many talents hidden from disapproving critics. Therefore, her rise to fame began only in 1808, when her posthumous memoir appeared. In this elegantly written biography, Lucia McMahon reconstructs the places and social constellations that enabled Smith’s learning and adventures in England, Wales, and Ireland, and traces her transatlantic fame and literary afterlife across Britain and the United States. Through re-telling Elizabeth Smith’s fascinating life story and retracing her posthumous transatlantic fame, McMahon reveals a larger narrative about women’s efforts to enact learned and fulfilling lives, and the cultural reactions such aspirations inspired in the early nineteenth century. Although Smith was cast as "exceptional" by her contemporaries and modern scholars alike, McMahon argues that her scholarly achievements, travel explorations, and posthumous fame were all emblematic of the age in which she lived. Offering insights into Romanticism, picturesque tourism, celebrity culture, and women’s literary productions, McMahon asks the provocative question, "How many seemingly exceptional women must we uncover in the historical record before we are no longer surprised?"

How long is The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith?

The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith by Lucia McMahon is 380 pages long, and a total of 95,000 words.

This makes it 128% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 39 minutes to read The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith aloud.

What Reading Level is The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith?

The Celebrated Elizabeth Smith 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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