How Long to Read A Visit to Don Otavio

How Long Does it Take to Read A Visit to Don Otavio?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 37 minutes to read A Visit to Don Otavio by Sybille Bedford

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

Description

In the mid-1940s, Sybille Bedford set off from Grand Central Station for Mexico, accompanied by her friend E., a hamper of food and drink (Virginia ham, cherries, watercress, a flute of bread, Portuguese rosé), books, a writing board, and paper. Her resulting travelogue captures the violent beauty of the country she visited. Bedford doesn’t so much describe Mexico as take the reader there—in second-class motor buses over thousands of miles, through arid noons and frigid nights, successions of comida corrida, botched excursions to the coast, conversations recorded verbatim, hilarious observations, and fascinating digressions into murky histories. At the heart of the book is the Don Otavio of the title, the travelers’ gracious host, his garrulous family and friends, and his Edenic hacienda at Lake Chapala. Published in 1953, A Visit to Don Otavio was an immediate success, “a travel book written by a novelist,” as Bedford described it, establishing her reputation as a nonpareil writer.

How long is A Visit to Don Otavio?

A Visit to Don Otavio by Sybille Bedford is 393 pages long, and a total of 99,429 words.

This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Visit to Don Otavio Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 3 minutes to read A Visit to Don Otavio aloud.

What Reading Level is A Visit to Don Otavio?

A Visit to Don Otavio 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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Where Can I Buy A Visit to Don Otavio?

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