How Long to Read City of the Sharp-nosed Fish

How Long Does it Take to Read City of the Sharp-nosed Fish?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read City of the Sharp-nosed Fish by P. J. Parsons

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

Description

In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a series of low sand-covered mounds a hundred miles south of Cairo, on a side-branch of the Nile. They turned out to be the rubbish-dumps of an administrative centre and thriving city at the time of the Roman Empire - Oxyrhynchos ('City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish') - inhabited by descendants of the Greek immigrants who had colonized Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 BC. When Grenfell and Hunt finally finished ten years later, they had uncovered, amidst the rubbish, 500,000 fragments of papyri, a unique treasure-trove of original books and documents, in which lost masterpieces of Greek literature not seen by human eyes since the fall of Rome, and fragments of censored Christian Gospels. What the excavators had found was the entire life and culture of a flourishing market-town, encapsulated in its waste paper.

How long is City of the Sharp-nosed Fish?

City of the Sharp-nosed Fish by P. J. Parsons is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read City of the Sharp-nosed Fish Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read City of the Sharp-nosed Fish aloud.

What Reading Level is City of the Sharp-nosed Fish?

City of the Sharp-nosed Fish 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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