How long does it take to read Victorian and Edwardian Fashion?
Alison Gernsheim
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion by Alison Gernsheim takes about 3 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 184 pages, about 50,600 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Noted photo-historian documents bonnets, capes, caps, shawls, bodices and crinolines as people actually wore them--from 1840 to 1914. 235 early photos show aristocrats and the middle class (as well as Oscar Wilde, Lily Langtry, G. B. Shaw, Queen Victoria, etc.). A commentary and annotations to the photos describe and identify the costumes."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Fashion, Clothing and dress, History, Costume, Fashion, history
