How Long to Read Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters

How Long Does it Take to Read Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 39 minutes to read Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters by Thomas Ochiltree

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

Description

CASSANDRA, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF PRIAM'S DAUGHTERSA Tale of TroyCassandra was the Trojan princess offered the ability to see thefuture by the god Apollo in exchange for agreeing to have sex with him.When she reneged on the promised sex, he added the curse that herprophecies – all accurate – would never be believed, condemning her to alife of frustration made all the greater by the fact that she lived throughthe Trojan War, and that all her desperate efforts to warn her loved onesand her city of impending disaster would be in vain.The novel begins when Cassandra – here portrayed as a beautiful and profoundly sensitive young woman – is about to go into the homecoming dinner offered by Clytemnestra, the wife of King Agamemnon, who won Cassandra in the lottery of Trojan women after the fall of Troy. Her prophetic powers tell her that murder awaits both him and her at the hands of Clytemnestra and her lover. She has tried to warn Agamemnon,but of course was not believed. Unsure whether those who descend to the underworld (as she knows she very soon will do) retain any memory,she mentally reviews one last time the whole rich tapestry of the Trojan War as witnessed by her – the essence of the novel – before going to herfate with the firm step of a Trojan princess and of – in Homer's words – “the most beautiful of Priam's daughters”.

How long is Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters?

Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters by Thomas Ochiltree is 156 pages long, and a total of 39,936 words.

This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters aloud.

What Reading Level is Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters?

Cassandra, the Most Beautiful of Priam's Daughters is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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