How Long to Read The Impossible Life of Mary Benson

How Long Does it Take to Read The Impossible Life of Mary Benson?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read The Impossible Life of Mary Benson by Rodney Bolt

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

Description

The remarkable true story of the life of Mary Benson: wife of an archbishop, friend of Queen Victoria, mother of three "unpermissably gifted" children—including E. F. Benson, and in love with dozens of women Sometimes touching and sometimes hilarious, this is the story of one lovable, brilliant woman and her trajectory through the often surprising opportunities and the remarkable limitations of a Victorian woman's life. Young Minnie Sidgwick was just 12 years old when her cousin, 12-year-old Edward Benson, proposed to her in 1853. Edward went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury and little Minnie—as Mary Benson—to preside a social world that ranged from Tennyson, Henry James, and Oscar Wilde to foreign royalty and Queen Victoria herself. Yet Mrs. Benson's most intense relationships were not with her husband and his associates, but with other women. When the Archbishop died, Mary, or "Ben" to her intimates, turned down an offer from the Queen to live at Windsor, and set up home in a Jacobean manor house with her friend Lucy Tait. Drawing on the diaries and novels of the Bensons themselves, including E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels, as well as the writing of contemporary writers and poets, this book creates a very rich portrait of Mary Benson, her family, her close female friends, and their world.

How long is The Impossible Life of Mary Benson?

The Impossible Life of Mary Benson by Rodney Bolt is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Impossible Life of Mary Benson Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read The Impossible Life of Mary Benson aloud.

What Reading Level is The Impossible Life of Mary Benson?

The Impossible Life of Mary Benson 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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