It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle by Marian Smith
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Marian Smith recaptures a rich period in French musical theater when ballet and opera were intimately connected. Focusing on the age of Giselle at the Paris Opéra (from the 1830s through the 1840s), Smith offers an unprecedented look at the structural and thematic relationship between the two genres. She argues that a deeper understanding of both ballet and opera--and of nineteenth-century theater-going culture in general--may be gained by examining them within the same framework instead of following the usual practice of telling their histories separately. This handsomely illustrated book...
Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle by Marian Smith is 329 pages long, and a total of 85,211 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 45 minutes to read Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle aloud.
Ballet and Opera in the Age of Giselle is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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