How Long to Read Autobiography

How Long Does it Take to Read Autobiography?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 54 minutes to read Autobiography by John Cowper Powys

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

Description

'I have tried to write my life as if I were confessing to a priest, a philosopher, and a wise old woman. I have tried to write as if I were going to be executed when it was finished. I have tried to write it as if I were both God and Devil.' One is tempted to say only John Cowper Powys could have written that, and, beyond doubt, only John Cowper Powys could have written the idiosyncratic and spellbinding work we have here. Yes, he was influenced by Yeats and Rousseau, especially the latter's Confessions, but there is no other work quite like this. It seems almost too pedestrian to say it covers the first sixty years of his life (he lived for another thirty years) and to say anything about them, as J. B. Priestley memorably put it, 'would be like turning on a tap before introducing people to Niagara Falls.' J. B. Priestley also said 'It is a book which can be read, with pleasure and profit, over and over again. It is in fact one of the greatest autobiographies in the English language. Even if Powys had never written any novels, this one book alone would have proved him to be a writer of genius.'

How long is Autobiography?

Autobiography by John Cowper Powys is 644 pages long, and a total of 163,576 words.

This makes it 217% the length of the average book. It also has 200% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Autobiography Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 53 minutes to read Autobiography aloud.

What Reading Level is Autobiography?

Autobiography 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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