The English Novel in the Magazines, 1740–1815 by Robert Mayo
Published 1962 · 159,693 words · about 11 hours at an average pace · Essays & Criticism
How hard is The English Novel in the Magazines, 1740–1815 to read?
The English Novel in the Magazines, 1740–1815 scores 58 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 55 out of 100
- Clear, traditional scholarly prose aimed at literary historians.
- Sentence structure: 52 out of 100
- Abstraction: 62 out of 100
- Empirical in method but develops significant generalizations about the period.
- Information density: 80 out of 100
- Extraordinarily dense with bibliographic and historical data.
- Narrative indirection: 100 out of 100
- Systematic scholarly survey throughout.
- Symbolic density: 80 out of 100
- Entirely analytical.
- Ironic distance: 80 out of 100
- Measured, neutral scholarly register.
- Resolution withholding: 100 out of 100
- Each section reaches clear conclusions about its material.
- Structural complexity: 42 out of 100
- Elaborate taxonomic organization of a vast body of primary material.
How The English Novel in the Magazines, 1740–1815 is regarded
The English Novel in the Magazines, 1740–1815 holds a literary regard score of 69 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.