How Long to Read The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl

How Long Does it Take to Read The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl by Nina Lugovskai︠a︡

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

Description

Recently unearthed in the archives of the NKVD, Nina Lugovskaya's diary provides a rare window into the daily routines of an educated Moscow family during the 1930s. Nina's diary begins in 1932, after her father's return from three years exile in Siberia. Her family is still living in their large apartment, her older sisters are still singing and drawing, but money is scarce and knocks at the door are cause for alarm. Much like Anne Frank, 13-year-old Nina Lugovskaya is conscious of the extraordinary dangers all around her, yet preoccupied by ordinary adolescent concerns: boys and parties and who she wants to be when she grows up-a writer. Traumatized by her father's first arrest, she hates Stalin and abhors his dictatorship, but cannot discuss her feelings with her exhausted mother or her friends. Her diary is her confidant, personal and political, as much a portrait of her lonely inner world as it is of the Soviet outer one - the lies, the hypocrisy, the arrests and injustice. The diary ends in January 1937, the day before the NKVD conducted a thorough search of her family's apartment. Her diary was seized, carefully studied and the "incriminating" passages underlined (these markings have been preserved in the book). After her arrest in March, these passages were used to convict her as a "counterrevolutionary" who was "preparing to kill Stalin."

How long is The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl?

The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl by Nina Lugovskai︠a︡ is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl aloud.

What Reading Level is The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl?

The Diary of a Soviet Schoolgirl 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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