How Long to Read The Summer Before the Dark

How Long Does it Take to Read The Summer Before the Dark?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing

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

Description

As the summer begins, Kate Brown -- attractive, intelligent, forty five, happily enough married, with a house in the London suburbs and three grown children -- has no reason to expect anything will change. But when the summer ends, the woman she was -- living behind a protective camouflage of feminine charm and caring -- no longer exists. This novel. Doris Lessing's brilliant excursion into the terrifying stretch of time between youth and old age, is her journey: from London to Turkey to Spain, from husband to lover to madness: on the road to a frightening new independence and a confrontation...

How long is The Summer Before the Dark?

The Summer Before the Dark by Doris Lessing is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Summer Before the Dark Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read The Summer Before the Dark aloud.

What Reading Level is The Summer Before the Dark?

The Summer Before the Dark 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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