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.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 12 |
SMOG Index | Grade 13 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 11 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
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 | ||
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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 |
for Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh
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.