Reading Level
What is the reading level of Wolf Hall: A Novel?
Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Wolf Hall: A Novel is 5th and 6th grade.
Expert Readability Tests for
Wolf Hall: A Novel
| Readability Test | Reading Level |
|---|---|
| Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 5 |
| SMOG Index | Grade 7 |
| Coleman Liau Index | Grade 6 |
| Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
Reading Time
15 hrs 38 mins
How long to read Wolf Hall: A Novel?
The estimated word count of Wolf Hall: A Novel is 234,360 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 15 hrs 38 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 26 hrs 3 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 8 hrs 41 mins.
| Wolf Hall: A Novel - 234,360 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 26 hrs 3 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 15 hrs 38 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 8 hrs 41 mins |
- Authors
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Hilary Mantel
More about Wolf Hall: A Novel
234,360 words
Word Count
for Wolf Hall: A Novel
560 pages
Pages
25 hours and 12 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political powerEngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. The quest for the king's freedom destroys his adviser, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people and a demon of energy: he is also a consummate politician, hardened by his personal losses, implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph? In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel presents a picture of a half-made society on the cusp of change, where individuals fight or embrace their fate with passion and courage. With a vast array of characters, overflowing with incident, the novel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death.