It takes the average reader 10 hours and 27 minutes to read The Great Karoo by Fred Stenson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From award-winning author Fred Stenson comes a richly evocative new novel, at once brutal and tender, spare of language, and profoundly moving. The Great Karoo begins in 1899, as the British are trying to wrest control of the riches of South Africa from the Boers, the Dutch farmers who claimed the land. The Boers have turned out to be more resilient than expected, so the British have sent a call to arms to their colonies — and an a great number of men from the Canadian prairies answer the call and join the Canadian Mounted Rifles: a unit in which they can use their own beloved horses. They...
The Great Karoo by Fred Stenson is 608 pages long, and a total of 156,864 words.
This makes it 205% the length of the average book. It also has 192% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 17 minutes to read The Great Karoo aloud.
The Great Karoo is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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