How Long to Read The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five

How Long Does it Take to Read The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 10 minutes to read The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five by J.J. Barrie

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

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Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONSIt was really no choice at all – starve, emigrate or be transported!Face death by drowning, disease or fire. Steal a loaf of bread and be transported to the same colonies anyway… but in chains. The thrilling tale of the brutality and cruelty of life of the times... the challenging story of migration to the colonies... and the hope, desire and love that went with them. This historically based novel chronicles the lives of four extended families, each from dramatically different classes in nineteenth century Victorian society, their incongruent relationships and the start of their tumultuous journey aboard the Harriet to the colony of New South Wales.In England, the vicious crimes of the Sheathers require an urgent departure as the shadow of the hangman stalks the two brothers. For the Bunch brothers, gold and opportunity call but murder haunts the three young men. Wealth fails to insulate an aristocratic family from death and misadventure with the colonies a place to forget. For a God-fearing woodcutter's family, a new beginning beckons.With famine gripping the country and more mouths to feed, thousands took any available ship, unprepared for the rigours and agonies to be faced. Strangers to the sea, most had no knowledge of the tempestuous oceans, not that long ago sailed only by intrepid explorers.Departing from the ancient port of Southampton, there were many changes to the once pretty seaside town as timber wharves replaced the stony beaches. Filth and open sewers discharged into the previously pristine, deep waters of the River Test and a forest of masts from all over the world substituted for the tall trees of yesteryear.Warehouses, bawdyhouses, brothels, bars and inns provided refuge to spivs, pickpockets, pimps, prostitutes and all manner of crooks to sell their wares or ply their trades. Men were robbed or shanghaied, women raped or kidnapped – there was nothing that could not be bought, begged, stolen or sold along the waterfront.Ships invariably departed with a human cargo. The wretches for transport to the colonies as convicts were chained in long sad rows, hands secured to hands, legs to legs, shuffling forward to some unheard cadence. Now the human exodus was voluntary but no less sad, leaving their loved ones for the uncertainties of the colonies. For many, the only differences were the lack of chains and the crack of the cat-o-nine tails.The first volume of a trilogy – The Emigrants: The Brothers Five – has all the crime, action, suspense and romance tempered with the realism of the true story of the stoicism of the lower classes making up most of the emigrants – and thus the foundation of the colonies.Nearly half the English-speaking world is directly related to this greatest diaspora in recent history. In reality, we are the result of the new start in life that our forebears sought and for which they suffered. Many of us were spawned from just such an emigrant family. This could be your story...

How long is The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five?

The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five by J.J. Barrie is 310 pages long, and a total of 77,500 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five aloud.

What Reading Level is The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five?

The EMIGRANTS: the Brothers Five 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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