Reading Level
What is the reading level of Making Oscar Wilde?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Making Oscar Wilde is 11th and 12th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Making Oscar Wilde
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 9 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 11 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 11 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
6 hrs 50 mins
How long to read Making Oscar Wilde?
The estimated word count of Making Oscar Wilde is 102,300 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 50 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 22 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 48 mins.
| Making Oscar Wilde - 102,300 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 11 hrs 22 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 50 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 48 mins |
- Authors
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Michèle Mendelssohn
More about Making Oscar Wilde
102,300 words
Word Count
for Making Oscar Wilde
11 hours
Audiobook length
Description
Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are beloved around the world. But it was not always so. His afterlife has given him the legitimacy that life denied him. Making Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of young Oscar's career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, this book tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim. 'Success is a science,' Wilde believed, 'if you have the conditions, you get the result.' Combining new evidence and gripping cultural history, Mich�le Mendelssohn dramatizes Wilde's rise, fall, and resurrection as part of a spectacular transatlantic pageant. With superb style and an instinct for story-telling, she brings to life the charming young Irishman who set out to captivate the United States and Britain with his words and ended up conquering the world. Following the twists and turns of Wilde's journey, Mendelssohn vividly depicts sensation-hungry Victorian journalism and popular entertainment alongside racial controversies, sex scandals, and the growth of Irish nationalism. This ground-breaking revisionist history shows how Wilde's tumultuous early life embodies the story of the Victorian era as it tottered towards modernity. Riveting and original, Making Oscar Wilde is a masterful account of a life like no other.