How Long to Read Ahab's Rolling Sea

How Long Does it Take to Read Ahab's Rolling Sea?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 20 minutes to read Ahab's Rolling Sea by Richard J. King

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

Description

Although Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing—or even a novel of the sea. Yet Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Dillard avers Moby-Dick is the “best book ever written about nature,” and nearly the entirety of the story is set on the waves, with scarcely a whiff of land. In fact, Ishmael’s sea yarn is in conversation with the nature writing of Emerson and Thoreau, and Melville himself did much more than live for a year in a cabin beside a pond. He set sail: to the far remote...

How long is Ahab's Rolling Sea?

Ahab's Rolling Sea by Richard J. King is 440 pages long, and a total of 110,000 words.

This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 134% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ahab's Rolling Sea Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 1 minute to read Ahab's Rolling Sea aloud.

What Reading Level is Ahab's Rolling Sea?

Ahab's Rolling Sea 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.

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

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