How Long to Read The Glass Bead Curtain

How Long Does it Take to Read The Glass Bead Curtain?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 37 minutes to read The Glass Bead Curtain by Lakshmi Kannan

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

Description

Kalyani and Athai, two feisty women, sail through the turn- of- the- century Madras Presidency under British rule, despite archaic customs such as child marriage and a prescriptive widowhood. British influence encounters an ambivalent attitude that was contrary, and at times uproariously hilarious. Kalyani's child marriage ends her formal education because of a prevalent superstition that married girls would be widowed if sent to school. Tutored at home by the intrepid Susan O'Leary of Irish origin, Kalyani soaks up her irrepressible humour. O'Leary is equally delighted by the strapping girl's passion for sports and athletics, but is anxious about her pupil's future beyond the luminous beauty of the glass bead curtain in her father's home. Kalyani, grows taller than her boy husband Natarajan. It becomes a contentious issue for her retrograde female in-laws who mock her height and her English. Kalyani battles her way through unfazed, and evolves as a successful badminton coach with the unstinting support of her husband, father-in-law and grand mother-in-law. The intellectually endowed Athai uses her widowhood to pursue her education. The family discovers an astonishing secret about her, when she dies. A contemporary writer Shailaja "writes" the novel capturing the changing ethos of the people with the irony, pathos and humour that animate the period.

How long is The Glass Bead Curtain?

The Glass Bead Curtain by Lakshmi Kannan is 393 pages long, and a total of 99,429 words.

This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Glass Bead Curtain Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 3 minutes to read The Glass Bead Curtain aloud.

What Reading Level is The Glass Bead Curtain?

The Glass Bead Curtain 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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