How Long to Read Creatures That Once Were Men

How Long Does it Take to Read Creatures That Once Were Men?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Creatures That Once Were Men by Maxim Gorky

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

Description

In the very act of describing a kind of a fall from humanity, Gorky expresses a sense of the strangeness and essential value of the human being which is far too commonly absent altogether from such complex civilizations as our own. To no Westerner, I am afraid, would it occur, when asked what he was, to say, "A man." He would be a plasterer who had walked from Reading, or an iron-puddler who had been thrown out of work in Lancashire, or a University man who would be really most grateful for the loan of five shillings, or the son of a lieutenant-general living in Brighton, who would not have made such an application if he had not known that he was talking to another gentleman. With us it is not a question of men being of various kinds; with us the kinds are almost different animals. But in spite of all Gorky's superficial skepticism and brutality, it is to him the fall from humanity, or the apparent fall from humanity, which is not merely great and lamentable, but essential and even mystical. The line between man and the beasts is one of the transcendental essentials of every religion; and it is, like most of the transcendental things of religion, identical with the main sentiments of the man of common sense. We feel this gulf when theologies say that it cannot be crossed. But we feel it quite as much (and that with a primal shudder) when philosophers or fanciful writers suggest that it might be crossed. And if any man wishes to discover whether or no he has really learned to regard the line between man and brute as merely relative and evolutionary, let him say again to himself those frightful words, "Creatures That Once Were Men." -- G. K. Chesterton

How long is Creatures That Once Were Men?

Creatures That Once Were Men by Maxim Gorky is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Creatures That Once Were Men Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Creatures That Once Were Men aloud.

What Reading Level is Creatures That Once Were Men?

Creatures That Once Were Men 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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