It takes the average reader 5 hours and 48 minutes to read Thief-Taker General by Gerald Howson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The historical literature of political deviance is sparse. This unusual work, chronicling the history of Jonathan Wild, represents an effort to come to terms with one of the more amazing characters of English social history. Wild was both part of the policy system in eighteenth-century England, and also one of the most adroit criminals of the age. In the 1720s, London suffered the worst crime waves in its history. Civic corruption took place on a staggering scale. The government's answer was to pay a bounty for the capture of robbers, thus creating a class of professional informers. Wild was...
Thief-Taker General by Gerald Howson is 338 pages long, and a total of 87,204 words.
This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 56 minutes to read Thief-Taker General aloud.
Thief-Taker General is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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