Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of At Home: A Short History of Private Life is 11th and 12th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 11 |
SMOG Index | Grade 12 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 10 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
The estimated word count of At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Bryson) is 153,915 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 10 hrs 16 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 17 hrs 7 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 43 mins.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Bryson) - 153,915 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 17 hrs 7 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 10 hrs 16 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 5 hrs 43 mins |
for At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Bryson)
From one of the most beloved authors of our time—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home. “Houses aren’t refuges from history. They are where history ends up.” Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to “write a history of the world without leaving home.” The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has figured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture. Bill Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and he is a master at turning the seemingly isolated or mundane fact into an occasion for the most diverting exposition imaginable. His wit and sheer prose fluency make At Home one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life.