How Long to Read Consider the Oyster

How Long Does it Take to Read Consider the Oyster?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 15 minutes to read Consider the Oyster by M. F. K. Fisher

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

Description

M. F. K. Fisher, whom John Updike has called our “poet of the appetites,” here pays tribute to that most enigmatic of ocean creatures, the oyster. As she tells of oysters found in stews, in soups, roasted, baked, fried, prepared à la Rockefeller or au naturel—and of the pearls sometimes found therein—Fisher describes her mother’s joy at encountering oyster loaf in a girls’ dorm in the 1890s, recalls her own initiation into the “strange cold succulence” of raw oysters as a young woman in Marseille and Dijon, and explores both the bivalve’s famed aphrodisiac properties and its equally notorious...

How long is Consider the Oyster?

Consider the Oyster by M. F. K. Fisher is 74 pages long, and a total of 18,796 words.

This makes it 25% the length of the average book. It also has 23% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Consider the Oyster Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 42 minutes to read Consider the Oyster aloud.

What Reading Level is Consider the Oyster?

Consider the Oyster is suitable for students ages 8 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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