How long does it take to read Book of Margery Kempe?
Margery Kempe
Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe takes about 6 hours 13 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 13 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1940. 339 pages, about 93,225 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 22 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 13 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Margery Kempe's autobiography engages the modern reader with its richly textured images of late-medieval England - its town life, customs, means of travel, dress, food, and, most notably, its observations of the religious rituals that prevailed in the author's lifetime (ca. 1373-ca. 1440). Lynn Staley's new translation does not modernize; rather, it stays as close to the original Middle English as possible without sounding archaic. The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations, a map of medieval England, and a Kempe lexicon." ""Contexts" collects primary readings chosen to inform readers about late-medieval religious authority, mysticism, and expressions of worship. Included are excerpts from The Constitutions of Thomas Arundel, Meditations on the Life of Christ, The Shewings of Julian of Norwich, The Book of Saint Bride, and The Life of Marie d'Oignies by Jacques de Vitry." ""Criticism" includes nine important interpretations of The Book of Margery Kempe, chosen to engage student readers and stimulate classroom discussion. Clarissa W. Atkinson, Lynn Staley, Karma Lochrie, David Aers, Kathleen Ashley, Gail McMurray Gibson, Sarah Beckwith, Caroline Walker Bynum, and Nicholas Watson provide their varied assessments." "A Selected Bibliography is also included."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Biography, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Christian women, English Authors, English Women authors, History
