How Long to Read Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature by Robert Darnton

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

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“Splendid. . . . [Darnton gives] us vivid, hard-won detail, illuminating narrative, and subtle, original insight.”—Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of Books With his uncanny ability to spark life in the past, Robert Darnton re-creates three historical worlds in which censorship shaped literary expression in distinctive ways. In eighteenth-century France, censors, authors, and booksellers collaborated in making literature by navigating the intricate culture of royal privilege. Even as the king's censors outlawed works by Voltaire, Rousseau, and other celebrated Enlightenment writers, the...

How long is Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature?

Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature by Robert Darnton is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature?

Censors at Work: How States Shaped Literature 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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