How Long to Read Clarel

How Long Does it Take to Read Clarel?

It takes the average reader 15 hours and 40 minutes to read Clarel by Herman Melville

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

Description

Melville's long poem Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) was the last full-length book he published. Until the mid-twentieth century even the most partisan of Melville's advocates hesitated to endure a four-part poem of 150 cantos of almost 18,000 lines, about a naïve American named Clarel, on pilgrimage through the Palestinian ruins with a provocative cluster of companions. But modern critics have found Clarel a much better poem than was ever realized. Robert Penn Warren called it a precursor of The Waste Land. It abounds with revelations of Melville's inner life. Most strikingly, it is argued that the character Vine is a portrait of Melville's friend Hawthorne. Based on the only edition published during Melville's lifetime, this scholarly edition adopts thirty-nine corrections from a copy marked by Melville and incorporates 154 emendations by the present editors, an also includes a section of related documents and extensive discussions. This scholarly edition is an Approved Text of the Center for Editions of American Authors (Modern Language Association of America).

How long is Clarel?

Clarel by Herman Melville is 940 pages long, and a total of 235,000 words.

This makes it 317% the length of the average book. It also has 287% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Clarel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 24 minutes to read Clarel aloud.

What Reading Level is Clarel?

Clarel 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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