How Long to Read The Great Flood

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Flood?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read The Great Flood by Edward Platt

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

Description

A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Flooding has always threatened the rainy, wind-swept islands of the United Kingdom, but it is becoming more frequent and more severe. Combining travel writing and reportage with readings of history, literature and myth, Edward Platt explores the way floods have shaped the physical landscape of Britain and left their mark on its inhabitants. During the course of two years, which coincided with the record-breaking floods of the winter of 2013–14, Platt travelled around the country, visiting places that had flooded and meeting the people affected. He visited flooded villages and towns and expanses of marsh and Fen threatened by the winter storms, and travelled along the edge of the drowned plain that used to connect Britain to continental Europe. He met people struggling to stop their houses falling into the sea and others whose homes had been engulfed. He investigated disasters natural and man-made, and heard about the conflicting attitudes towards those charged with preventing them. The Great Flood dramatizes the experience of being flooded and considers what will happen as the planet warms and the waters rise, illuminating the reality behind the statistics and headlines that we all too often ignore.

How long is The Great Flood?

The Great Flood by Edward Platt is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Flood Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read The Great Flood aloud.

What Reading Level is The Great Flood?

The Great Flood 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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