It takes the average reader 15 hours and 19 minutes to read Collected Stories by William Faulkner
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
“I’m a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can’t and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing that, only then does he take up novel writing.” —William Faulkner Winner of the National Book Award Forty-two stories make up this magisterial collection by the writer who stands at the pinnacle of modern American fiction. Compressing an epic expanse of vision into hard and wounding narratives, Faulkner’s stories evoke the intimate textures of place, the deep strata of history and legend, and all the fear, brutality, and...
Collected Stories by William Faulkner is 912 pages long, and a total of 229,824 words.
This makes it 308% the length of the average book. It also has 281% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 20 hours and 55 minutes to read Collected Stories aloud.
Collected Stories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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