How Long to Read The Year of the Tiger

How Long Does it Take to Read The Year of the Tiger?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 51 minutes to read The Year of the Tiger by John K. Sutherland

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

Description

A dreadful curse was laid on two families in 1497 when a wife murdered her husband of a few hours. He had intended to kill her for refusing his advances on their wedding night, but she had turned the tables on him and he was the one now dying. She could not escape, as he had wrapped a chain around them both and had affixed a padlock. She was in love with his brother and he with her, but the elder son had forced her into marriage while his brother was away on an errand for their duplicitous parents. As he lay dying, he laid a curse upon both families; hers and his brother's. She thought quickly, and told him, contemptuously, that the curse would not be condoned by the gods until there was also some means to see it lifted. He was not sure he could believe her, but what if...? He considered, in the short time still left to him, and stipulated three impossible conditions that would see the curse lifted. They were mirrored on what was happening to him. He knew they could not possibly be met. They required that a young woman of that line, must see the man who would be her lover, killed before her eyes, just as she had killed him; She must be chained to a dead man for the duration of a night, just as she soon would be to him; and she, and that dead man, must make love, as no dead man might ever do. The centuries passed. Then, unexpectedly, the first of those impossible conditions was met in China. At that point there was a sudden revival of those disembodied entities that had waited for so long. Now, they needed to bring those other two events to fruition, but how? Gradually, the necessary conditions are brought to one place and time. They are to take place at a girls' boarding school in northern England just after the second world war, when a blind man is reluctantly hired as a teacher.

How long is The Year of the Tiger?

The Year of the Tiger by John K. Sutherland is 464 pages long, and a total of 117,856 words.

This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Year of the Tiger Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 44 minutes to read The Year of the Tiger aloud.

What Reading Level is The Year of the Tiger?

The Year of the Tiger 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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