How Long to Read A Hunt for Optimism

How Long Does it Take to Read A Hunt for Optimism?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read A Hunt for Optimism by Viktor Shklovsky

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Begun in 1929 under the title "New Prose" and drastically revised after Vladimir Mayakovsky's sudden death, A Hunt for Optimism (1931) circles obsessively around a single scene of interrogation in which a writer is subjected to a show trial for his unorthodoxy. Using multiple perspectives, fragments, and aphorisms, and bearing the vulnerability of both the Russian Jewry and the anti-Bolshevik intelligentsia—who had unwittingly become the "enemies of the people"Hunt satirizes Soviet censorship and the ineptitude of Soviet leaders with acerbic panache. Despite criticism at the time that it...

How long is A Hunt for Optimism?

A Hunt for Optimism by Viktor Shklovsky is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Hunt for Optimism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read A Hunt for Optimism aloud.

What Reading Level is A Hunt for Optimism?

A Hunt for Optimism is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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