It takes the average reader 8 hours to read The Courtesan and the Samurai by Lesley Downer
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
1868. In Japan's exotic pleasure quarters, sex is for sale and the only forbidden fruit is love ... Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and vulnerable. When enemy soldiers attack her house she flees across the shattered city of Tokyo and takes refuge in the Yoshiwara, its famous pleasure-quarters.There she is forced to become a courtesan. Yozo, brave, loyal and a brilliant swordsman, is pledged to the embattled shogun. He sails to the frozen north to join his rebel comrades for a desperate last stand. Defeated, he makes his way south to the only place where...
The Courtesan and the Samurai by Lesley Downer is 480 pages long, and a total of 120,000 words.
This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 147% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 55 minutes to read The Courtesan and the Samurai aloud.
The Courtesan and the Samurai 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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