It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global...
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read We Have Always Lived in the Castle aloud.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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