How Long to Read Well-Read Lives

How Long Does it Take to Read Well-Read Lives?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read Well-Read Lives by Barbara Sicherman

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

Description

In a compelling approach structured as theme and variations, Barbara Sicherman offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in America's Gilded Age who lost--and found--themselves in books, and worked out a new life purpose around them. Some women, like Edith and Alice Hamilton, M. Carey Thomas, and Jane Addams, grew up in households filled with books, while less privileged women found alternative routes to expressive literacy. Jewish immigrants Hilda Satt Polacheck, Rose Cohen, and Mary Antin acquired new identities in the English-language books they found in settlement...

How long is Well-Read Lives?

Well-Read Lives by Barbara Sicherman is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Well-Read Lives Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read Well-Read Lives aloud.

What Reading Level is Well-Read Lives?

Well-Read Lives 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.

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