How Long to Read Balloon

How Long Does it Take to Read Balloon?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 26 minutes to read Balloon by Karen Sunde

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

Description

On the eve of his departure from Paris, Benjamin Franklin and his French contemporaries avoid goodbyes by engaging in charades and parlor games. The passions of revolution are overshadowed by the intensity of personal relationships in this structurally inventive play within a play. ..".the power of BALLOON is its density...magnificence...poignancy... Encountering BALLOON bears some resemblance to being overwhelmed while assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle, but then relishing its finished design." The Times (London) "It's absolutely first-rate...serious, intelligent, challenging, a play that's humane in its concerns, vividly theatrical, and gracefully written with one sharp epigram after another...full-blooded drama, layered with meaning...intriguing conceit...the individual in history, both as shaper and thing shaped...a play about the shapes of lives and the fates of nations." The Record ..".intriguing...arresting ideas...full of an engaging playfulness, an admirable seriousness." Women's Wear Daily " Sunde] converts our text book history into flesh and blood passions... People achieving greatly, now and then crippled by arrogance and intolerance, suffering mightily, dazzled by possibilities, devastated by disappointments yet continuing and surviving are what she dramatizes." The Villager

How long is Balloon?

Balloon by Karen Sunde is 85 pages long, and a total of 21,675 words.

This makes it 29% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Balloon Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 58 minutes to read Balloon aloud.

What Reading Level is Balloon?

Balloon 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.

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