Reading Level
What is the reading level of The Handmaid's Tale?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Handmaid's Tale is 6th and 7th grade.
What is the Lexile Measure of The Handmaid's Tale?
A popular method used by schools to measure a student reader’s ability is Lexile level or a Lexile Measure. The Lexile Level of The Handmaid's Tale is 750L .
What age is The Handmaid's Tale suitable for ?
Readers of age 14 - 18 years will enjoy The Handmaid's Tale.
Expert Readability Tests for
The Handmaid's Tale
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 6 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 13 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
Reading Time
6 hrs 50 mins
How long to read The Handmaid's Tale?
The estimated word count of The Handmaid's Tale is 102,455 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 24 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 48 mins.
| The Handmaid's Tale - 102,455 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 11 hrs 24 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 50 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 48 mins |
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More about The Handmaid's Tale
102,455 words
Word Count
for The Handmaid's Tale
350 pages
Pages
11 hours and 1 minute
Audiobook length
Description
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time. Margaret Atwood is “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times).Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.Like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant. Read more