How Long to Read The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 20 minutes to read The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs by Maria S. Cummins

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

Description

Maria Susanna Cummins (1827-1866) was an American novelist, best known for her best-selling 1854 novel, The Lamplighter. The Lamplighter was Cummins first novel and it was only out-sold at the time by Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. James D. Hart (author of The Oxford Companion to American Literature) noted that The Lamplighter could provide insight into the American culture of its time: "If a student of taste wants to know the thoughts and feelings of the majority who lived during Franklin Pierce's administration, he will find more positive value in Maria Cummins' The Lamplighter or T. S. Arthur's Ten Nights in a Bar-Room than he will in Thoreau's Walden - all books published in 1854." Cummin's heroine Gerty Flint inspired James Joyce's character Gerty McDowell in a portion of Ulysses generally believed to be a parody of Cummins' writing style.

How long is The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs?

The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs by Maria S. Cummins is 380 pages long, and a total of 95,000 words.

This makes it 128% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 39 minutes to read The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs aloud.

What Reading Level is The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs?

The Lamplighter, Or an Orphan Girl's Struggles and Triumphs 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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