Reading Level
What is the reading level of Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China is 9th and 10th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 7 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 9 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
7 hrs 31 mins
How long to read Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China?
The estimated word count of Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China is 112,530 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 7 hrs 31 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 12 hrs 31 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 4 hrs 11 mins.
| Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China - 112,530 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 12 hrs 31 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 7 hrs 31 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 4 hrs 11 mins |
- Authors
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Jung Chang
More about Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
112,530 words
Word Count
for Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
12 hours and 6 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history.Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist China and a major political figure in her own right. Big Sister, Ei-ling, became Chiang's unofficial main adviser - and made herself one of China's richest women. All three sisters enjoyed tremendous privilege and glory, but also endured constant mortal danger. They showed great courage and experienced passionate love, as well as despair and heartbreak. They remained close emotionally, even when they embraced opposing political camps and Ching-ling dedicated herself to destroying her two sisters' worlds.Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister is a gripping story of love, war, intrigue, bravery, glamour and betrayal, which takes us on a sweeping journey from Canton to Hawaii to New York, from exiles' quarters in Japan and Berlin to secret meeting rooms in Moscow, and from the compounds of the Communist elite in Beijing to the corridors of power in democratic Taiwan. In a group biography that is by turns intimate and epic, Jung Chang reveals the lives of three extraordinary women who helped shape twentieth-century China.