How Long to Read Voices from the Edge

How Long Does it Take to Read Voices from the Edge?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Voices from the Edge by JENNIFER. KAVANAGH

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

Description

In 1861, the great journalist and social advocate Henry Mayhew published London Labour and the London Poor, an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian London. Nothing on this scale had been attempted before. On the surface, the streets of London in 1861 and in 2019 are entirely different places. But dig just a little and the similarities are striking and, in many cases, shocking. Taking Mayhew's book as inspiration, Jennifer Kavanagh explores the changes and continuities by collecting and mapping stories from today's London. Beggars, street entertainers, stalls selling a variety of food, clothes, second-hand goods, thieves and the sex trade are all still predominant. The rise of the gig economy has brought a multitude of drivers and cyclists, delivering and moving goods, transporting meals and people, all organized through smart phones but using the same streets as Mayhew's informants. The precarity faced by this new workforce would also be familiar to the street-sellers of Mayhew's day. In terms of resources, gone are the workhouses, almshouses, paupers' lunatic asylums. Enter shelters, day centres, hostels, and food banks. Voices from the Edge is an x-ray of life on the streets today: the stories in their own words of those who work and live in our capital.

How long is Voices from the Edge?

Voices from the Edge by JENNIFER. KAVANAGH 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.

How Long Does it Take to Read Voices from the Edge Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Voices from the Edge aloud.

What Reading Level is Voices from the Edge?

Voices from the Edge 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.

Where Can I Buy Voices from the Edge?

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