How Long to Read The Hussaini Alam House

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hussaini Alam House?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 30 minutes to read The Hussaini Alam House by Huma R. Kidwai

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

Description

When nine-year-old Ayman arrives in Hyderabad in the early 1950s to come and live at the Hussaini Alam House, she little realizes that the house, and its many inmates, will come to haunt her life and shape her destiny as she grows to become a woman. The house is ruled over by her grandfather, a dignified despot, whom everyone but Ayman, her mother and sister, call ‘Sarkar’ (master). Her mother, ‘the eternal rebel,’ is irreverent, progressive and a communist: a bomb waiting to explode. Ayman herself alternates between being the ‘ugly duckling’ of the house and its little princess. Huma Kidwai’s sensitive and vivid portraits of the characters who teem around the House, offer a window onto the customs and mores of a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim family. Narrated by the forty-year-old Ayman as she recalls the events of her past, The Hussaini Alam House is an elegy to a vanished way of life, a lovesong to the people she has loved and lost, and a psychologically nuanced portrait of the women of the household as they tread a fine line between society’s expectations and their own yearning for freedom. Published by Zubaan.

How long is The Hussaini Alam House?

The Hussaini Alam House by Huma R. Kidwai is 150 pages long, and a total of 37,500 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Hussaini Alam House Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read The Hussaini Alam House aloud.

What Reading Level is The Hussaini Alam House?

The Hussaini Alam House is suitable for students ages 10 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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