It takes the average reader and 30 minutes to read The Vinegar Mother by Ruth Rendell
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In this short story from Ruth Rendell’s The Fallen Curtain, an eleven year old girl joins a classmate and her family for a summer in the countryside. But what should be a dream vacation becomes something closer to a nightmare, when a neighbor delivers an unexpected gift—a vinegar mother—that reveals fault lines below the surface of a seemingly happy marriage. An ominous and unsettling story of trouble in paradise, The Vinegar Mother is an utterly gripping tale from the grande dame of the literary mystery. A Vintage Short.
The Vinegar Mother by Ruth Rendell is 29 pages long, and a total of 7,511 words.
This makes it 10% the length of the average book. It also has 9% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 41 minutes to read The Vinegar Mother aloud.
The Vinegar Mother is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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