How Long to Read The Girl from the Fiction Department

How Long Does it Take to Read The Girl from the Fiction Department?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Girl from the Fiction Department by Hilary Spurling

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

Description

Absorbing and provocative, a biography of George Orwell's controversial second wife from the Whitbread Prize-winning author of Matisse the Master and Anthony Powell Just three months before his death, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four took a new wife. Sonia Brownell was model for Julia in Orwell's most famous novel, she was fifteen years younger than her husband, and after his death she was hounded and pilloried as a manipulative gold-digger who would stop at nothing to keep control of the literary legacy. But the truth about Sonia was altogether different. Beautiful, intelligent and fiercely idealistic, she lived at the heart of London's literary and artistic scene before her marriage to Orwell changed her life for ever. Those who knew her - Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus - witnessed her great personal generosity. And yet, burdened with the almost impossible task of protecting Orwell's intellectual estate, Sonia's loyalty to her late husband brought her nothing but poverty and despair.

How long is The Girl from the Fiction Department?

The Girl from the Fiction Department by Hilary Spurling is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Girl from the Fiction Department Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Girl from the Fiction Department aloud.

What Reading Level is The Girl from the Fiction Department?

The Girl from the Fiction Department 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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