How Long to Read The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865

How Long Does it Take to Read The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865 by Eliza Frances Andrews

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

Description

"The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl,"' by Eliza Frances Andrews, is an exceedingly interesting book to those who care for absolutely truthful, unaffected pictures of life during the Civil War. The journal was kept with no idea of being read by anyone but the youthful writer. But that part of it written in 1864 and 1865 was of such vivid reality that it now sees the light of publication. Home life on a plantation amid a large group of relatives, somewhat separated by political sympathies yet bound fast together by the extreme provincialism of the Southerner of that day, discloses social conditions that are of immense interest to us now. The girls of the clan were just the gay, impulsive, warm-hearted creatures we should expect, fond of "suitors," and wild over a dance, even in wartime. The journal is not sparing of bitter words about "Yankees," and nothing is left out that could show how despicable the conquerors of the South were. The children of this particular family were not in sympathy with the steady Union sentiments of their father, Judge Andrews, so the journal becomes a safety-valve to ease the repression exercised in family conversation. The one thing that never can be understood by the ordinary Northerner is the unshaken conviction of the Southerner that in her section of our land alone were there refinement, culture, and the beautiful graces of hospitality. It is, of course, the part of a victor to receive in silence the heated representations of the conquered, but why the South should imagine that there were not numberless counter parts of their delightful social groups in the North remains incomprehensible to us. While the Andrews family were growing up in Georgia, in every State in the North there were girls as gentle, as protected, as sought after and courted, and, truth to tell, far better educated and more widely cultured than these pretty Southern belles. In a retrospective Introduction the author writes admirably of past and present conditions, naturally exalting the past and gone " feudal aristocracy " and viewing with some dismay the "commercial plutocracy that rules over the destinies of the Nation to clay." Several portraits and illustrations take us back to old manners and old fashions. —New Outlook, Volume 90

How long is The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865?

The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865 by Eliza Frances Andrews is 424 pages long, and a total of 107,696 words.

This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 48 minutes to read The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865 aloud.

What Reading Level is The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865?

The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865 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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