How Long to Read The Life of Mr Richard Savage

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of Mr Richard Savage?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 9 minutes to read The Life of Mr Richard Savage by Samuel Johnson

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

Description

The Life of Mr Richard Savage was the first important book by a then-unknown Grub Street hack, Samuel Johnson. Richard Savage (1697—1743) was a poet, playwright, and satirist who claimed to be the illegitimate son of a late earl and to have been denied his inheritance and viciously persecuted by his mother. He was urbane, charming, a brilliant conversationalist, but also irresponsible and impulsive. His role in a tavern brawl almost led him to the gallows, though his life was saved by an eleventh-hour pardon by the King. Over time he attracted many supporters, practically all of whom he managed to alienate by the time of his death in a debtors’ prison in Bristol. Johnson, who had been friends with Savage for a little over a year, drew on published documents and his own memories of Savage to produce one of the first great English biographies. The edition is supplemented by other writings by Johnson, a selection of Savage’s prose and verse, contemporary and posthumous responses to Savage and to Johnson’s biography, and selections by Johnson’s first two major biographers, Sir John Hawkins and James Boswell.

How long is The Life of Mr Richard Savage?

The Life of Mr Richard Savage by Samuel Johnson is 299 pages long, and a total of 77,441 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life of Mr Richard Savage Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read The Life of Mr Richard Savage aloud.

What Reading Level is The Life of Mr Richard Savage?

The Life of Mr Richard Savage 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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