How Long to Read Walking in the Shade

By Doris Lessing

How Long Does it Take to Read Walking in the Shade?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 15 minutes to read Walking in the Shade by Doris Lessing

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

Description

The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, The Golden Notebook. She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her...

How long is Walking in the Shade?

Walking in the Shade by Doris Lessing is 432 pages long, and a total of 108,864 words.

This makes it 146% the length of the average book. It also has 133% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Walking in the Shade Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 54 minutes to read Walking in the Shade aloud.

What Reading Level is Walking in the Shade?

Walking in the Shade 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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