It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life by Henry Hitchings
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
'Hitchings is extremely good at unravelling Johnson’s most bullish assertions . . . lucid and empathetic, scholarly but lively. A model Johnsonian, in fact.' The Times The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life is a source of profound good sense about what it means to teach, read, write and travel. More than that, though, Henry Hitchings continually translates Samuel Johnson's experience of poverty, scorn, pain and madness into a rich understanding of how to be. Samuel Johnson was a critic, an essayist, a poet and a biographer. He was also, famously, the compiler of the...
The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life by Henry Hitchings is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life aloud.
The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson’s Guide to Life 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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