How Long to Read The Woman's Labour

How Long Does it Take to Read The Woman's Labour?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 7 minutes to read The Woman's Labour by Mary Collier

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

Description

Eighteenth-century poetry was dominated by men of education and wealth, and bookcases sagged under the weight of volumes by Swift, Johnson and Pope. When Stephen Duck's The Thresher's Labour was published in 1730, however, it was a sensation - highlighting the plight of the working class in verse was hereto simply unthought of. Duck's poem came to the attention of Mary Collier, a washerwoman working in Hampshire, who was astounded to read Duck's dismissal of women as work-shy layabouts who indulged in 'noisy prattle', and she penned a stinging riposte, The Woman's Labour, which reframed Duck's relation of harvest-time toil from a woman's perspective. This edition of The Woman's Labour seeks to give a wider view of the conversation, and includes The Thresher's Labour, 'The Three Wise Sentences' (which Collier included in the first publication of her reply), 'An Epistolary Answer to an Exciseman Who Doubted Her Being the Author' and the elegy she wrote for Stephen Duck after he died.

How long is The Woman's Labour?

The Woman's Labour by Mary Collier is 66 pages long, and a total of 16,896 words.

This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Woman's Labour Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 32 minutes to read The Woman's Labour aloud.

What Reading Level is The Woman's Labour?

The Woman's Labour is suitable for students ages 8 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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