How Long to Read Working with the Curlew

How Long Does it Take to Read Working with the Curlew?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read Working with the Curlew by Trevor Robinson

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

Description

An intimate and evocative account of an era when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons. In Working with the Curlew, Trevor Robinson tells the story of his life as a shepherd on the moor at Great Whernside in Yorkshire and later as a farmhand near Leominster in Hereford. Trevor celebrates the intricate details of traditional farm life, from the village hop, cheese and bread making and trout-tickling, to muck spreading, lambing and sheep shearing. During one severe Yorkshire winter six hundred sheep were lost, and he had to leave the job he loved; 'the call of the curlew was still over two months away, when it came I was not there to hear it'. His new job in Herefordshire brought different skills: hedge laying, ploughing matches, haymaking, chain harrowing and crop rotation, and inevitably, the arrival of tractor and combine harvester. Before factory farming, smallholdings sustained entire families and there were enough small farms for a shepherd to climb the ladder to ownership. Working with the Curlew beautifully honours those peaceful yet lively times.

How long is Working with the Curlew?

Working with the Curlew by Trevor Robinson is 130 pages long, and a total of 32,500 words.

This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Working with the Curlew Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 57 minutes to read Working with the Curlew aloud.

What Reading Level is Working with the Curlew?

Working with the Curlew is suitable for students ages 10 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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