How long is it?
357 pages in the Peachtree Publishers 1993 hardcover edition.
Fiction · Novel · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction
Lamb in His Bosom
Highly regardedPulitzer Prize for Novel (pre-1948), 1934Reading facts
✓ Checked- Reading effort
- 44 / 100Moderate
- Length
- 357 pagesPeachtree Publishers · 1993
- Reading time
- 7 h 15 minat 50 pages an hour ·
- Pace
- Measured
- Emotional intensity
- 5 / 5
About 7 h 15 min · at 30 minutes a day, about 15 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
About the book
About twenty years before the Civil War, Cean Carver leaves her parents’ home to marry Lonzo Smith and farm in the backwoods of South Georgia. Crops, livestock and their own labor sustain the household, while repeated pregnancies, illness and dangers in the woods threaten the family they are building. Their marriage belongs to a wider story of scattered relatives whose help is essential to one another’s survival.
Reader notes
Regional dialect can take some adjustment, and the narration lingers over fields, swamps and the practical details of household work. The historical novel is intimate in scale: the demands of farming and raising children occupy as much space as major events.
How it reads
- Writing style
- Descriptive · Lyrical
- Tone
- Atmospheric · Earnest · Intimate · Melancholic
- Structure
- Linear
- Driven by
- Atmosphere · Character · Relationships
- Point of view
- Third person, omniscient
- Setting
- Rural South Georgia
Reading complexity
- Writing
- 3 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 2 / 5
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Themes
- Family
- Grief
- Marriage
- Parenthood
- Survival
- War
Content notes
- Violence
- Mild
- Sexual content
- Mild
- Swearing
- Mild
- Substance use
- None
- Abuse
- Mild
- Self-harm or suicide
- None
Standing and awards
Highly regarded
- Pulitzer Prize for Novel (pre-1948), 1934
Questions readers ask
Which edition is shown here?
Peachtree Publishers · 1993 · Hardcover. ISBN 9781561450749.
How long does it take to read Lamb in His Bosom?
About 7 hours 15 minutes at 50 pages an hour, based on the 357-page Peachtree Publishers edition. Dense books can take longer.
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Edition and details
- Publisher
- Peachtree Publishers
- Publication year
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 357
- ISBN
- 9781561450749
- Edition language
- English
- Original language
- English
- First published
- 1933
- Genres and form
- Fiction · Novel · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical fiction · Family saga
- Editions
- 4
- Languages
- 1 (English)
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