How Long to Read The Visiting Girl

How Long Does it Take to Read The Visiting Girl?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 9 minutes to read The Visiting Girl by Madge Walls

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

Description

Upon graduating from Bryn Mawr College, class of 1901, Lily Paxton finds herself out of funds and at loose ends. With no immediate family, not raised to work, and without a prospective husband in sight, she becomes a "visiting girl," going from home to home among her married friends in Philadelphia, organized by her best friend and college classmate Caroline Crawford. After a year and a half, the visiting circuit pales and soon becomes impossible. Lily disappears one day while staying with Caroline and her family, leaving a note saying she is off to an adventure out West and thanking Caroline for everything. Lily keeps to herself that she is three months pregnant and has left Philadelphia with a man she barely knows and who is not the baby's father. Twenty years later Lily writes to Caroline from Portland, Oregon, where she is dying of leukemia, asking Caroline to come to her in her final days. Caroline, widowed by now, leaps at the opportunity for an adventure of her own and to reconcile with her long-lost friend. The two women have a joyous reunion, but Caroline soon discovers that Lily has a hidden agenda which, if not handled with supreme care, threatens to destroy both their families. The novel's time frame includes the Great War, the Spanish flu pandemic, Prohibition, and women's suffrage, all of which affect the characters' lives. The story also deals with issues women have always dealt with, many of which still confront us today: unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage of a wanted child, cultural restrictions on women's lives, disappointing men, and troubled children. The love story of Lily and Marco, the man she runs away with, and the friendship of Lily and Caroline keep the story upbeat and positive. The Visiting Girl is a historical novel of friendship, loyalty, secrets, and love set in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, in the early 1900s.The Visiting Girl is a novel inspired by the life of movie star Katharine Hepburn's mother, an early graduate of Bryn Mawr.

How long is The Visiting Girl?

The Visiting Girl by Madge Walls is 364 pages long, and a total of 92,456 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 113% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Visiting Girl Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 25 minutes to read The Visiting Girl aloud.

What Reading Level is The Visiting Girl?

The Visiting Girl 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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