Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh

Reading Level
Grade 13
Time to Read
9 hrs 43 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh is 12th and 13th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 12
SMOG Index Grade 13
Coleman Liau Index Grade 11
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 7

Reading Time

9 hrs 43 mins

How long to read Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh?

The estimated word count of Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh is 145,700 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 9 hrs 43 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 16 hrs 12 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 24 mins.

Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh - 145,700 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 16 hrs 12 mins
Average 250 words/min 9 hrs 43 mins
Fast 450 words/min 5 hrs 24 mins
Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh by Alan Strachan
Authors
Alan Strachan

More about Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh

145,700 words

Word Count

for Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh

15 hours and 40 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

Winner of the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize 2020Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivotal roles in cinema history. Yet she was also a talented theatre actress with West End and Broadway plaudits to her name. In this ground-breaking new biography, Alan Strachan provides a completely new full-life portrait of Leigh, covering both her professional and personal life. Using previously unseensources from her archive, recently acquired by the V&A, he sheds new light on her fractious relationship with Laurence Olivier, based on their letters and diaries, as well as on the bipolar disorder which so affected her later life and work. Revealing new aspects of her early life as well as providing glimpses behind-the-scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, this book provides the essential and comprehensive life-story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest actresses.