How Long to Read Three Famines

How Long Does it Take to Read Three Famines?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Three Famines by Thomas Keneally

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

Description

Through the lens of three of the most devastating food crises in modern history—the Górta Mor of British-ruled Ireland, the great famine of British-ruled Bengal in 1943, and the string of famines that plagued Ethiopia during the 1970s and 1980s, Booker Prize–winning author Thomas Keneally vividly evokes the terrible cost of mass starvation at the level of the individual who starves and the nation that watches. Famine is widely misunderstood as a completely natural catastrophe. Keneally recounts that while the triggers—crop, pestilence, and drought—are natural, the political and ideological...

How long is Three Famines?

Three Famines by Thomas Keneally is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Three Famines Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Three Famines aloud.

What Reading Level is Three Famines?

Three Famines 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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