It takes the average reader 17 hours and 40 minutes to read Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson by G. I. Gurdjieff
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson is the first volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. The All and Everything trilogy also includes Meetings with Remarkable Men and Life Is Real Only Then, When 'I Am'. This book was intended to be the main study tool for Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teachings. As Gurdjieff's idea of "work" is central to those teachings, Gurdjieff went to great lengths in order to increase the effort needed to read and understand it.The book covers many topics. Beelzebub's Tales is included in Martin Seymour-Smith's 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written, with the comment that it is "...the most convincing fusion of Eastern and Western thought that has yet been seen."
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson by G. I. Gurdjieff is 1,060 pages long, and a total of 265,000 words.
This makes it 358% the length of the average book. It also has 324% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 24 hours and 8 minutes to read Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson aloud.
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson 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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