Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan

Reading Level
Grade 12
Time to Read
10 hrs 38 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan is 11th and 12th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 11
SMOG Index Grade 12
Coleman Liau Index Grade 9
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 6

Reading Time

10 hrs 38 mins

How long to read Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan?

The estimated word count of Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan is 159,340 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 10 hrs 38 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 17 hrs 43 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 55 mins.

Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan - 159,340 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 17 hrs 43 mins
Average 250 words/min 10 hrs 38 mins
Fast 450 words/min 5 hrs 55 mins
Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan by Ursula Buchan
Authors
Ursula Buchan

More about Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan

159,340 words

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for Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan

17 hours and 8 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

John Buchan's name is known across the world for The Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock. Yet there was vastly more to 'JB'. He wrote more than a hundred books – fiction and non-fiction – and a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines. He was a scholar, antiquarian, barrister, colonial administrator, journal editor, literary critic, publisher, war correspondent, director of wartime propaganda, member of parliament and imperial proconsul – given a state funeral when he died, a deeply admired and loved Governor-General of Canada.His teenage years in Glasgow's Gorbals, where his father was the Free Church minister, contributed to his ease with shepherds and ambassadors, fur-trappers and prime ministers. His improbable marriage to a member of the aristocratic Grosvenor family means that this account of his life contains, at its heart, an enduring love story.Ursula Buchan, his granddaughter, has drawn on recently discovered family documents to write this comprehensive and illuminating biography. With perception, style, wit and a penetratingly clear eye, she brings vividly to life this remarkable man and his times.