How Long to Read The Celestials: A Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read The Celestials: A Novel?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The Celestials: A Novel by Karen Shepard

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

Description

The Celestials is a historical novel of immigration, multiculturalism, labor, community and exclusion, alienation and reinvention, and our country's peculiar history and relationship with all those things. It's about our shared sense that we're all aliens of some kind--at home in no place. In June of 1870, seventy-five Chinese laborers arrived in North Adams, Massachusetts, to work for Calvin Sampson, one of the biggest industrialists in that busy factory town. Except for the foreman, the Chinese didn’t speak English. They didn’t know they were strikebreakers. The eldest of them was...

How long is The Celestials: A Novel?

The Celestials: A Novel by Karen Shepard is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Celestials: A Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The Celestials: A Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is The Celestials: A Novel?

The Celestials: A Novel 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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