Reading Level
What is the reading level of Pale: A Novel?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Pale: A Novel is 8th and 9th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Pale: A Novel
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 7 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 8 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 7 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
Reading Time
5 hrs 2 mins
How long to read Pale: A Novel?
The estimated word count of Pale: A Novel is 75,330 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 2 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 23 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 48 mins.
| Pale: A Novel - 75,330 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 8 hrs 23 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs 2 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 48 mins |
- Authors
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Edward A. Farmer
More about Pale: A Novel
75,330 words
Word Count
for Pale: A Novel
256 pages
Pages
8 hours and 6 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
''Some things just don't keep well inside this house ...''The summer of 1966 burned hot across America but nowhere hotter than the cotton fields of Mississippi. Finding herself in a precarious position as a black woman living alone, Bernice accepts her brother Floyd's invitation to join him as a servant for a white family and she enters the web of hostility and deception that is the Kern plantation household.The secrets of the house are plentiful yet the silence that has encompassed it for so many years suddenly breaks with the arrival of the harvest and the appearance of Jesse and Fletcher to the plantation as cotton pickers. These two brothers, the sons of the house servant Silva, awaken a vengeful seed within the Missus of the house as she plots to punish not only her husband but Silva's family as well. When the Missus starts flirting with Jesse, she sets into motion a dangerous game that could get Jesse killed and destroy the lives of the rest of the servants.Bernice walks the fine line between emissary and accomplice, as she tries her best to draw secrets from the Missus's heart, while using their closeness to protect the lives of the people around her. Once the Missus's plans are complete, families will be severed, loyalties will be shattered, and no one will come out unscathed.With a dazzling voice and rich emotional tension, Pale explores the ties that bind and how quickly humanity can fade and return us to primal ways.