How Long to Read The Maytrees

How Long Does it Take to Read The Maytrees?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read The Maytrees by Annie Dillard

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

Description

Toby Maytree first sees Lou Bigelow on her bicycle in postwar Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her laughter and loveliness catch his breath. Maytree is a Provincetown native, an educated poet of thirty. As he courts Lou, just out of college, her stillness draws him. Hands-off, he hides his serious wooing, and idly shows her his poems. In spare, elegant prose, Dillard traces the Maytrees' decades of loving and longing. They live cheaply among the nonconformist artists and writers that the bare tip of Cape Cod attracts. When their son Petie appears, their innocent Bohemian friend Deary helps care...

How long is The Maytrees?

The Maytrees by Annie Dillard is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Maytrees Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read The Maytrees aloud.

What Reading Level is The Maytrees?

The Maytrees 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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