How Long to Read Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories by H. L. Mencken

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

Description

H.L. Mencken, in his illustrious career as a journalist, made his reputation with satirical writing and controversial ideals. Although his is a name not customarily associated with short fiction, it was his first literary love. From 1900 to 1919, he published nearly 60 stories and short-shorts, sometimes pseudonymously. Here for the first time, 30 of Mencken's thoroughly entertaining stories are collected, showcasing Mencken's wit and skill in a medium for which he is not well known. Meet a bumbling anarchist newspaper editor; the `Charmed Circle' of Long Island in a story strikingly prescient of F. Scott Fitzgerald; a shop owner whose mannequins belie a horrific secret; and a pair of wily entrepreneurs working in the Caribbean, among plenty of other excellent, amusing, and memorable stories. "Superb, clever, or hilarious use of language... Read "Epithalamium," a sendup of the social rigmarole of marriage for its exquisite choice of words, or the Poe-esque "The Window of Horrors," about a clothier and his obsession with life-like mannequins, for its chills. For quintessential Mencken, read "The Man of God," whose lowly grocer becomes an evangelist."-Publishers Weekly

How long is Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories?

Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories by H. L. Mencken is 342 pages long, and a total of 86,184 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories?

Bluebeard's Goat and Other Stories 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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