How Long to Read Wild Daisies

How Long Does it Take to Read Wild Daisies?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Wild Daisies by Phillip Khan-Panni

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

Description

This is a collection of episodes from boarding school days in Darjeeling, the queen of Indian hill stations, during the dying days of the British Raj. The author was born in Hong Kong during World War II, smuggled across to mainland China under the noses of the occupying Japanese forces, and later kidnapped by his mother and flown by US bomber into India, where he was deposited in a succession of boarding schools. Along the way he collected pre-war English values and attitudes which were missing from the England he eventually found when he emigrated there. More than a personal memoir, it's an account of how it was to live for nine months of each year in a cloistered boarding school in Darjeeling, 7,000 feet up in the eastern Himalayas, speaking only English, playing Cricket, Football and Hockey, learning how to multiply pounds, shillings and pence from Pendlebury's Arithmetic, debating in the parliamentary tradition, and going for runs in the pouring monsoon rain. The '40s and '50s are recalled with wistful affection, and there is an account of the three-train-plus-ferry journey from Calcutta to Darjeeling, including the world-famous Toy Train which is still chugging up the mountain behind tiny tank engines. The title derives from the author's childhood practice of lying on grassy banks on sunny days, picking wild daisies, plucking their petals and rubbing the cushioned centres to release their delicate scent. To him, daisies are happy reminders of those slow-moving idyllic days when life was lived from day to day, and nothing mattered very much.

How long is Wild Daisies?

Wild Daisies by Phillip Khan-Panni is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Wild Daisies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read Wild Daisies aloud.

What Reading Level is Wild Daisies?

Wild Daisies 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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