How Long to Read The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries)

How Long Does it Take to Read The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries)?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries) by Kaite Welsh

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

Description

A page-turning tale of murder, subversion and vice in which a female medical student in Victorian Edinburgh is drawn into a murder investigation when she recognizes one of the corpses in her anatomy lecture. Sarah Gilchrist has fled London and a troubled past to join the University of Edinburgh's medical school in 1892, the first year it admits women. She is determined to become a doctor despite the misgivings of her family and society, but Sarah quickly finds plenty of barriers at school itself: professors who refuse to teach their new pupils, male students determined to force out their female counterparts, and—perhaps worst of all—her female peers who will do anything to avoid being associated with a fallen woman. Desperate for a proper education, Sarah turns to one of the city’s ramshackle charitable hospitals for additional training. The St Giles’ Infirmary for Women ministers to the downtrodden and drunk, the thieves and whores with nowhere else to go. In this environment, alongside a group of smart and tough teachers, Sarah gets quite an education. But when Lucy, one of Sarah’s patients, turns up in the university dissecting room as a battered corpse, Sarah finds herself drawn into a murky underworld of bribery, brothels, and body snatchers. Painfully aware of just how little separates her own life from that of her former patient’s, Sarah is determined to find out what happened to Lucy and bring those responsible for her death to justice. But as she searches for answers in Edinburgh’s dank alleyways, bawdy houses and fight clubs, Sarah comes closer and closer to uncovering one of Edinburgh’s most lucrative trades, and, in doing so, puts her own life at risk… An irresistible read with a fantastic heroine, beautifully drawn setting, fascinating insights into what it was like to study medicine as a woman at that time, The Wages of Sin is a stunning debut that heralds a striking new voice in historical fiction.

How long is The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries)?

The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries) by Kaite Welsh is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries) aloud.

What Reading Level is The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries)?

The Wages of Sin: A Novel (Sarah Gilchrist Mysteries) 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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