It takes the average reader 7 hours and 22 minutes to read The Mare by Mary Gaitskill
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
From the author of the National Book Award–nominated Veronica: Mary Gaitskill's most poignant and powerful work yet—the story of a Dominican girl, the white woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who changes everything for her Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist on the fringe of Alcoholics Anonymous, and Paul, an academic who wonders what it will mean to “make a difference” in such a contrived situation. The Mare illuminates the couple's changing relationship with Velvet...
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill is 441 pages long, and a total of 110,691 words.
This makes it 149% the length of the average book. It also has 135% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 4 minutes to read The Mare aloud.
The Mare 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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