It takes the average reader 6 hours and 10 minutes to read The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F. Karlsen
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"A pioneer work in . . . the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft."--Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University Confessing to "Familiarity with the Devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens, was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events in Salem took place. More than three hundred years later the question still haunts us: Why...
The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England by Carol F. Karlsen 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.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 25 minutes to read The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England aloud.
The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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