It takes the average reader 2 hours and 29 minutes to read The Finishing Touch by Brigid Brophy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The tweedy Miss Hetty Braid worships the lovely but selfish Miss Antonia Mount, her co-proprietor at the most exclusive finishing school on the French Riviera. The girls they teach are quite remarkable, though hardly in the sense of academic distinction. But trouble looms when Antonia announces that 'Royalty is coming.' The great day arrives, and though at first things go tolerably well, disaster springs from good intentions. This Faber Finds edition includes a 1987 introduction by Brigid Brophy and a new preface by Sir Peter Stothard. 'A wicked little entertainment... plaubly not meant for...
The Finishing Touch by Brigid Brophy is 146 pages long, and a total of 37,376 words.
This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read The Finishing Touch aloud.
The Finishing Touch is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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