How Long to Read The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome

How Long Does it Take to Read The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 32 minutes to read The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome by Jerome K. Jerome

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Description

Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 - 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1887). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to Three Men in a Boat (Packing for the journey); and several other novels.Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England. He was the fourth child of Marguerite Jones and Jerome Clapp (who later renamed himself Jerome Clapp Jerome), an ironmonger and lay preacher who dabbled in architecture. He had two sisters, Paulina and Blandina, and one brother, Milton, who died at an early age. Jerome was registered as Jerome Clapp Jerome, like his father's amended name, and the Klapka appears to be a later variation (after the exiled Hungarian general Gyorgy Klapka). The family fell into poverty owing to bad investments in the local mining industry, and debt collectors visited often, an experience that Jerome described vividly in his autobiography My Life and Times (1926).The young Jerome attended St Marylebone Grammar School. He wished to go into politics or be a man of letters, but the death of his father when Jerome was 13 and of his mother when he was 15 forced him to quit his studies and find work to support himself. He was employed at the London and North Western Railway, initially collecting coal that fell along the railway, and he remained there for four years.Jerome was inspired by his older sister Blandina's love for the theatre, and he decided to try his hand at acting in 1877, under the stage name Harold Crichton. He joined a repertory troupe that produced plays on a shoestring budget, often drawing on the actors' own meagre resources - Jerome was penniless at the time - to purchase costumes and props. After three years on the road with no evident success, the 21-year-old Jerome decided that he had enough of stage life and sought other occupations. He tried to become a journalist, writing essays, satires, and short stories, but most of these were rejected. Over the next few years, he was a school teacher, a packer, and a solicitor's clerk. Finally, in 1885, he had some success with On the Stage - and Off (1885), a comic memoir of his experiences with the acting troupe, followed by Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886), a collection of humorous essays which had previously appeared in the newly founded magazine, Home Chimes, the same magazine that would later serialise Three Men in a Boat....."

How long is The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome?

The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome by Jerome K. Jerome is 92 pages long, and a total of 23,184 words.

This makes it 31% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 6 minutes to read The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome aloud.

What Reading Level is The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome?

The Street of the Blank Wall, and Other Stories (1917), by Jerome K. Jerome is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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