How Long to Read Beauty and the Inferno

How Long Does it Take to Read Beauty and the Inferno?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 59 minutes to read Beauty and the Inferno by Roberto Saviano

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

Description

Essays on art, politics and life from the best-selling author of Gomorrah Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano’s 2006 exposé of Naples’s Camorra mafia, was an international bestseller and became an award-winning film. But the death threats that followed forced the author into hiding. Saviano was ostracized by his countrymen and went on the run, changing his location every few months and compelled to keep perpetual company with his bodyguards. To this day, he lives in an undisclosed location. The loneliness of the fugitive life informs the essays in Beauty and the Inferno. Among other subjects, he writes about the legendary South African jazz singer Miriam Makeba, his meeting with the real-life Donnie Brasco, sharing the Nobel Academy platform with Salman Rushdie, and the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Present throughout the book is a sense of Saviano’s peculiar isolation, which infuses his words with anger, exceptional insight and tragedy.

How long is Beauty and the Inferno?

Beauty and the Inferno by Roberto Saviano is 289 pages long, and a total of 74,851 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beauty and the Inferno Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Beauty and the Inferno aloud.

What Reading Level is Beauty and the Inferno?

Beauty and the Inferno 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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