How Long to Read The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 20 minutes to read The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb

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

Description

Frankenstein wasn't the only classic horror novel created by a woman. Within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, another Englishwoman invented a foundational work of science fiction. Seventeen-year-old Jane Webb Loudon took up the theme of reanimation, moved it three hundred years into the future, and applied it to Cheops, an ancient Egyptian mummy. Unlike Shelley's horrifying, death-dealing monster, this revivified creature bears the wisdom of the ages and is eager to share his insights with humanity. Cheops boards a hot-air balloon and travels to 22nd-century England, where he sets about remedying the ills of a corrupt government. In recounting Cheops' attempts to put the futuristic society to rights, the young author offers a fascinating portrait of the preoccupations of her own era as well as some remarkably prescient predictions of technological advances. The Mummy! envisions a world in which automatons perform surgery, undersea tunnels connect England and Ireland, weather-control devices provide crop irrigation, and messages are transmitted with the speed of cannonball fire. The first novel to feature the concept of a living mummy, this pioneering tale offers an engaging mix of comedy, politics, and science fiction. Other books in the Haunted Library of Horror Classics series: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux The Beetle by Richard Marsh Vathek by William Beckford The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror by Arthur Conan Doyle Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

How long is The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century?

The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century by Jane Webb is 560 pages long, and a total of 140,000 words.

This makes it 189% the length of the average book. It also has 171% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 45 minutes to read The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century?

The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century 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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