How Long to Read The Lives of Riley Chance

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lives of Riley Chance?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 10 minutes to read The Lives of Riley Chance by Robert Bausch

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

Description

"I've been here before," says Riley Chance. "I mean way before. I never knew it until a few years ago—when I was fifteen. I had no idea until that time. We lived in Chicago, and I just believed I was like everyone else—except I did worry about things my mother thought were rather odd. "But that's not the beginning. I have to start at the beginning. "The first time I was here I lived in Penn­sylvania with a man named Benjamin Ezra and his wife. I have never been able to remember her name, so I just made one up after a while. You can probably tell what I remember of her by the name I gave her: I call her Ogra." Thus begins Riley Chance's extraordi­nary tale of the fortunes and misfortunes of his three lives: first as Kenny Ezra, the son of a factory worker at the Demon Match Company in Wilkes-Barre at the turn of the century; then as Jack Pitt, a boy growing up with his much loved mother in Washington, D.C., during the Depression; and finally as Riley Chance, a "strange child" born in 1954 who, after a startling sequence of events when he is in his teens, can never again see himself simply as Gus and Myra Chance's son. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny, often luminously beautiful, and always profoundly imaginative and moving, The Lives of Riley Chance is the dazzlingly orig­inal work by the author whose first novel, On the Way Home, established him as an important and powerful voice in American fiction.

How long is The Lives of Riley Chance?

The Lives of Riley Chance by Robert Bausch is 310 pages long, and a total of 77,500 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Lives of Riley Chance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read The Lives of Riley Chance aloud.

What Reading Level is The Lives of Riley Chance?

The Lives of Riley Chance 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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