How Long to Read The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe

How Long Does it Take to Read The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe by Catherine Crowe

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Description

The essential strange fiction of Catherine Crowe Catherine Ann Stevens was born in Kent in 1803 and in common with many English young ladies of her day and class was home educated. She married a soldier, Major John Crowe but the marriage was an unhappy one and they separated in the 1830s. By this time Catherine was living in Edinburgh and moving in literary circles which brought her into contact with Thomas de Quincey. Harriet Martineau and William Makepeace Thackeray among others. Catherine Crowe began her writing career with the typical industry of her age and produced novels, short stories and plays on a number of themes including works for children. Short stories with sensational plots frequently featuring women abused by men were published in Charles Dicken's, Household Words and in Chamber's Edinburgh Journal. Her literary excursions into the supernatural world were not as frequent those of several of her peers, though two notable works were produced: a collection of short stories entitled Ghosts and Family Legends, and perhaps her most popular and enduring work, the evocatively titled The Night Side of Nature, which contained a combination of fictional and allegedly 'true' ghost stories. Montague Summers included two of Crowe's stories in his well-regarded anthology Victorian Ghost Stories (1936). Catherine Crowe appears to have had more than a passing interest in the supernatural. In 1854 she was discovered naked in the street claiming that spirits had rendered her invisible. She was subsequently treated successfully for mental illness, dying in Folkestone in 1876. This Leonaur edition includes all Catherine Crowe's supernatural fiction in a single volume. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

How long is The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe?

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe by Catherine Crowe is 260 pages long, and a total of 65,000 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe aloud.

What Reading Level is The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe?

The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Catherine Crowe is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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