How Long to Read A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah

How Long Does it Take to Read A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah by James Meeker Ludlow

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

Description

The island city of Tyre lay close to the Syrian coast. It seemed to float among the waves that fretted themselves into foam as they rolled in between the jagged rocks, and spread over the flats, retiring again to rest in the deep bosom of the Mediterranean. The wall that encircled the island rose in places a hundred cubits, and seemed from a distance to be an enormous monolith. It was therefore called Tsur, or Tyre, which means The Rock. At the time of our narrative, about the middle of the fifth century B.C., the sea-girt city contained a dense mass of inhabitants, who lived in tall wooden houses of many stories; for the ground space within the walls could not lodge the multitude who pursued the various arts and commerce for which the Tyrians were, of all the world, the most noted. The streets were narrow, often entirely closed to the sky by projecting balconies and arcades—mere veins and arteries for the circulation of the city's throbbing life. For recreation from their dyeing-vats, looms, and foundries, the artisan people climbed to the broad spaces on the top of the walls, where they could breathe the sweet sea air, except when the easterly wind was hot and gritty with dust from the mainland, a few bow-shots distant. The men of commerce thronged the quay of the Sidonian harbor at the north end of the island, or that of the Egyptian harbor on the south side—two artificial basins which were at all times crowded with ships; for the Tyrian merchantmen scoured all the coast of the Great Sea, even venturing through the straits of Gades, and northward to the coasts of Britain, and southward along the African shore; giving in barter for the crude commodities they found, not only the products of their own workshops, but the freight of their caravans that climbed the Lebanons and wearily tracked across the deserts to Arabia and Babylon. The people of fashion paraded their pride on the Great Square, in the heart of the city—called by the Greeks the Eurychorus—where they displayed their rich garments in competition with the flowers that grew, almost as artificially, in gay parterres amid the marble blocks of the pavement.

How long is A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah?

A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah by James Meeker Ludlow is 290 pages long, and a total of 72,500 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 36 minutes to read A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah aloud.

What Reading Level is A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah?

A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah is suitable for students ages 12 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.

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