It takes the average reader 12 hours and 50 minutes to read The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Helen Simonson's characters enchant us, her English countryside beguiles us, and her historical intelligence keeps us at the edge of our seats. - Annie Barrows, co - author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society East Sussex, 1914. It's the end of an idyllic summer and Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha in the pretty coastal town of Rye. Casting aside the recent sabre rattling over the Balkans, Agatha has more immediate concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to replace the Latin...
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson is 770 pages long, and a total of 192,500 words.
This makes it 260% the length of the average book. It also has 235% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 31 minutes to read The Summer Before the War aloud.
The Summer Before the War 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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