It takes the average reader 5 hours and 24 minutes to read The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster by Julia V. Douthwaite
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This study looks at the lives of the most famous "wild children" of eighteenth-century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectibility of mankind. Julia V. Douthwaite recounts reports of feral children such as the wild girl of Champagne (captured in 1731 and baptized as Marie-Angélique Leblanc), offering a fascinating glimpse into beliefs about the difference between man and beast and the means once used to civilize the uncivilized. A variety of educational experiments failed to tame these feral children by the standards of the day. After...
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster by Julia V. Douthwaite is 322 pages long, and a total of 81,144 words.
This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 23 minutes to read The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster aloud.
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster 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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