How Long to Read Chinese Folk-Tales

How Long Does it Take to Read Chinese Folk-Tales?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Chinese Folk-Tales by William Dolby

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

Description

Folk traditions in China have been rich thriving and varied. Here is a selection of tales that are sometimes lusty, sometimes delicate and exquisite, their lively themes involving wit, adventure, ingenious why-so stories, monsters, magic, music, moon-cakes, shape-shifting, dragons, ogres, a catastrophically high-jumping silk-worm, and a bride-snatching maple-leaf demon. This book presents a selection of folk stories from the Chinese domain. A wealth of Chinese folk-stories exists, and these are but a small glimpse of the rang of such tales, recorded in no doubt very varying degrees of sensitivity and fidelity, some woodenly, some over-laconically, some verbosely and some conveying more fully the sparkling imagination that must have held the traditional listeners enthralled. Owing to both traditional and modern social conditions and educational preferences, rich folk traditions have been largely kept apart from overt influence on orthodox literature, and even written literature as a whole although there have been notable exceptions, such as the tale of Liu Ch'en and Juan Chao in the fairy paradise. The folkloric collecting of the past century or so has revealed both the huge extent of this exclusion and the enormous potential of folk literature for thematic and stylistic inspiration to future creativity in all directions.

How long is Chinese Folk-Tales?

Chinese Folk-Tales by William Dolby is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chinese Folk-Tales Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Chinese Folk-Tales aloud.

What Reading Level is Chinese Folk-Tales?

Chinese Folk-Tales 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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