How Long to Read City of Discontent

How Long Does it Take to Read City of Discontent?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read City of Discontent by Mark Harris

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

Description

Winner of the 1991 New American Writing Award. Originally published in 1952, this poignant, romantic biography of the poet Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) is well worth a second chance. From early on, Lindsay was a wanderer, tramping hundreds of miles along country roads, visiting small towns, never holding a job, writing poems of uplift and defiance, and giving them, or his drawings, away on the streets, selling them for food or declaiming them on the lecture circuit. Always poor and, in later life, plagued by illness, Lindsay died at fifty-two, leaving a legacy of virile, jazzy poems that,...

How long is City of Discontent?

City of Discontent by Mark Harris is 424 pages long, and a total of 107,696 words.

This makes it 143% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read City of Discontent Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 48 minutes to read City of Discontent aloud.

What Reading Level is City of Discontent?

City of Discontent 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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