How Long to Read The City of Widows & Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read The City of Widows & Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 10 minutes to read The City of Widows & Other Stories by Mangala Gouri

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

Description

Skeletal women lay supine against the walls, their blank eyes the only sign that they were still alive. Others harangued the tourists, begging for a rupee, a half kilo of flour, to keep body and soul together. This is not a nightmare from Africa, but Vrindavan, just 150 km from New Delhi, capital of India. Their harrowing tales, told in the first chapter, “The City of Widows” are an indictment of a nation, which prides itself on being the largest democracy of the twenty-first century.The other fourteen stories range from a woman run out of her land accused of witchcraft, a student sexually exploited by her teacher, a wife made to walk on fire to prove her chastity, to a woman gulled into selling her bones, to a tribal woman who survived an exorcism to become a Christian to a case of honour killing, where a young couple is hacked to death for daring to love, and marry.The stories are based on true experiences and offer a kaleidoscopic view of the life of women in India.

How long is The City of Widows & Other Stories?

The City of Widows & Other Stories by Mangala Gouri is 370 pages long, and a total of 92,500 words.

This makes it 125% the length of the average book. It also has 113% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The City of Widows & Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 25 minutes to read The City of Widows & Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is The City of Widows & Other Stories?

The City of Widows & Other Stories 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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