How Long to Read The Pitmen's Requiem

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pitmen's Requiem?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 18 minutes to read The Pitmen's Requiem by Peter Crookston

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

Description

Peter Crookston's book offers a beautifully written journalist's account of a Durham mining village and the Great Northern Coalfield woven around the life of Robert Saint, the composer of Gresford, a brass band composition commemorating an earlier mining disaster in which 256 workers died. Crookston brings his formidable observational qualities and writing skills as a journalist to produce a gripping narrative with utterly compelling characters and a heart-rending culmination in the demise of the mining industry under assault by Thatcher. The story is told in a gentle, unpretentious way, frequently giving voice to the characters themselves, many of whom the author knew personally or got to know in preparing the book. Apart from capturing a critical moment in a disappearing world, the book offers a vantage point from which to reflect on our own culture, and what we have lost in post-industrial Britain: the loss of community which did so much to sustain and nurture those miners in their desperate plights. This is as much a history of culture and place as much as it is biography, a book that is at once an elegy and a tribute

How long is The Pitmen's Requiem?

The Pitmen's Requiem by Peter Crookston is 195 pages long, and a total of 49,725 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Pitmen's Requiem Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 31 minutes to read The Pitmen's Requiem aloud.

What Reading Level is The Pitmen's Requiem?

The Pitmen's Requiem is suitable for students ages 10 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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