It takes the average reader 3 hours and 14 minutes to read Thomas Hardy and Empire by Jane L. Bownas
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Unlike many of his contemporaries, Thomas Hardy is not generally recognized as an imperial writer, even though he wrote during a period of major expansion of the British Empire and in spite of the many allusions to the Roman Empire and Napoleonic Wars in his writing. Jane L. Bownas examines the context of these references, proposing that Hardy was a writer who not only posed a challenge to the whole of established society, but one whose writings bring into question the very notion of empire. Bownas argues that Hardy takes up ideas of the primitive and civilized that were central to Western...
Thomas Hardy and Empire by Jane L. Bownas is 188 pages long, and a total of 48,504 words.
This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 25 minutes to read Thomas Hardy and Empire aloud.
Thomas Hardy and Empire is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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