How Long to Read The Spencers of Amberson Ave

How Long Does it Take to Read The Spencers of Amberson Ave?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Spencers of Amberson Ave by Ethel Spencer

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

Description

This appealing memoir introduces the family of Charles Hart Spencer and his wife Mary Acheson: seven children born between 1884 and 1895. It also introduces a large Victorian house in Shadyside (a Pittsburgh neighborhood) and a middle-class way of life at the turn of the century. Mr. Spencer, who worked--not very happily--for Henry Clay Frick, was one of the growing number of middle-management employees in American industrial cities in the 1880s and 1890s. His income, which supported his family of nine, a cook, two regular nurses, and at times a wet nurse and her baby, guaranteed a comfortable life but not a luxurious one. In the words of the editors, the Spencers represent a class that "too often stands silent or stereotyped as we rush forward toward the greater glamour of the robber barons or their immigrant workers." Through the eyes of Ethel Spencer, the third daughter, we are led with warmth and humor through the routine of everyday life in this household: school, play, church on Sundays, illness, family celebrations, and vacations. Ethel was an observant child, with little sentimentality, and she wrote her memoir in later life as a professor of English with a gift for clear prose and the instincts of an anthropologist. As the editors observe, her memoir is "a fascinating insight into one kind of urban life of three generations ago."

How long is The Spencers of Amberson Ave?

The Spencers of Amberson Ave by Ethel Spencer is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Spencers of Amberson Ave Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Spencers of Amberson Ave aloud.

What Reading Level is The Spencers of Amberson Ave?

The Spencers of Amberson Ave 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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