Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.3
Points
26.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
159941
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
481
Points per Page
0.054054
Description
This story begins when newlywed Gilbert Erskine leaps into Niagara Falls to his death. It continues with his widow's second marriage, her emotional instability, the suspicious death of her second husband, and finally focuses on her children.