How Long to Read The Forger's Wife

How Long Does it Take to Read The Forger's Wife?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read The Forger's Wife by John Lang

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

Description

John Lang was Australia's first locally born novelist, publishing early work in Sydney in the 1840s and going on to write several bestsellers. The Forger's Wife (1856) is a lively adventure novel, set in an unruly colonial Sydney where everyone is on the make. The forger's wife is a young woman who follows her rakish husband out to Australia and struggles to survive as her marriage falls apart. She soon meets detective George Flower, a powerful man with a cavalier sense of justice and retribution. Flower literally controls the fortunes of the colony: taking on the local bushrangers, instructing colonial authorities, and helping himself to the spoils along the way. First serialised in Fraser's Magazine in 1853, The Forger's Wife was popular in its day and was reprinted many times over. It is Australia's first detective novel ? and most likely, the first detective novel in the Anglophone world. This edition includes an introduction by Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver, and a translation of the appendix by Sophie Zins.'It is a powerful, if occasionally painful, book. It sells even now in all the colonies and in England by the thousand...' 'Rolf Boldrewood on Australian Literature', The Advocate (Melbourne), 20 May 1893

How long is The Forger's Wife?

The Forger's Wife by John Lang is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Forger's Wife Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Forger's Wife aloud.

What Reading Level is The Forger's Wife?

The Forger's Wife 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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