Reading Level
What is the reading level of Ironweed: A Novel?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Ironweed: A Novel is 7th and 8th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Ironweed: A Novel
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 5 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 8 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 7 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
4 hrs 58 mins
How long to read Ironweed: A Novel?
The estimated word count of Ironweed: A Novel is 74,400 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 58 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 16 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 46 mins.
| Ironweed: A Novel - 74,400 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 8 hrs 16 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 4 hrs 58 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 46 mins |
- Authors
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William J. Kennedy
More about Ironweed: A Novel
74,400 words
Word Count
for Ironweed: A Novel
8 hours
Audiobook length
Description
Winner of The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for FictionIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the third in Kennedy’s Albany cycle, Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time bum with the gift of gab, has hit bottom. Years earlier he’d left Albany after he dropped his infant son accidentally, and the boy died. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present.