How Long to Read Around the Mountain

How Long Does it Take to Read Around the Mountain?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Around the Mountain by Hugh Hood

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

Description

The republication of a book which is among the finest that Hugh Hood, one of Canada's most sophisticated and accomplished authors, has ever written. "Around the Mountain: Scenes from Montr?al Life" is, in the words of John Metcalf, an almost perfect achievement.' "Around the Mountain" is a documentary/fantasy portrait of Montr?al, its people, politics, folkways, geography and appearance as they were in the heady days of Expo 67. These twelve short narratives form a cyclical, encyclopaedic account of a dozen quarters of the city that literally circle around the peak of the low hill that Montr?alers call the mountain'. As Hood recalls in the new introduction to the book: I wanted to give a kind of fossil-like existence to something that was in the process of being born and simultaneously passing away. It is fascinating to me to go through these twelve stories to judge what has remained in place and what has been swept away and forgotten. Every reader who knows Montr?al will have an opinion about this. But some things have remained unmistakably in place.' "Around the Mountain" is populated with people and their stories, from the misadventures of a convivial defenceman called Fred Carpenter, to the angelic messenger, Angela Mary Robinson, whose bicultural message of love and understanding nobody understands, to Victor LaTourelle who is haunted, as so many of us in the late twentieth century are haunted, by the past.

How long is Around the Mountain?

Around the Mountain by Hugh Hood is 172 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Around the Mountain Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Around the Mountain aloud.

What Reading Level is Around the Mountain?

Around the Mountain 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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