It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read The Hermaphrodite by Julia Ward Howe
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Written in the 1840s and published here for the first time, Julia Ward Howe's novel about a hermaphrodite is unlike anything of its time--or, in truth, of our own. Narrated by Laurence, who is raised and lives as a man, is loved by men and women alike, and can respond to neither, this unconventional story explores the understanding "that fervent hearts must borrow the disguise of art, if they would win the right to express, in any outward form, the internal fire that consumes them." Laurence describes his repudiation by his family, his involvement with an attractive widow, his subsequent...
The Hermaphrodite by Julia Ward Howe is 268 pages long, and a total of 69,144 words.
This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read The Hermaphrodite aloud.
The Hermaphrodite is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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