It takes the average reader 2 hours and 9 minutes to read The Laughter of My Father by Carlos Bulosan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The rich man’s children ate their good food and grew thinner and more peaked. The Bulosans, next door, went on eating their poor and meagre food, laughed, and grew fat. So the rich man sued Father Bulosan for stealing the spirit of his food. And Father paid him in his own coin, while the laughter of the Bulosans and the judge drove the rich man’s family out of the courtroom. The Bulosans lived in Binalonan, in the Philippine province of Pangasinan. But the episodes of Father’s history that his son Carlos retells belong to universal and timeless comedy. No one can remain unmoved by Father’s...
The Laughter of My Father by Carlos Bulosan is 126 pages long, and a total of 32,256 words.
This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 39% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 56 minutes to read The Laughter of My Father aloud.
The Laughter of My Father is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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