How Long to Read A Short History of Drunkenness

How Long Does it Take to Read A Short History of Drunkenness?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth

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

Description

From the internationally bestselling author of The Etymologicon, a lively and fascinating exploration of how, throughout history, each civilization has found a way to celebrate, or to control, the eternal human drive to get sloshed “An entertaining bar hop though the past 10,000 years.”—The New York Times Book Review Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there’s drink there’s drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day’s work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. Making stops all over the world, A Short History of Drunkenness traces humankind’s love affair with booze from our primate ancestors through to the twentieth century, answering every possible question along the way: What did people drink? How much? Who did the drinking? Of the many possible reasons, why? On the way, learn about the Neolithic Shamans, who drank to communicate with the spirit world (no pun intended), marvel at how Greeks got giddy and Sumerians got sauced, and find out how bars in the Wild West were never quite like in the movies. This is a history of the world at its inebriated best.

How long is A Short History of Drunkenness?

A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Short History of Drunkenness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read A Short History of Drunkenness aloud.

What Reading Level is A Short History of Drunkenness?

A Short History of Drunkenness 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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