How Long to Read Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126)

How Long Does it Take to Read Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126)?

It takes the average reader 18 hours and 42 minutes to read Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126) by Dawn Powell

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

Description

"Wittier than Dorothy Parker, dissects the rich better than F. Scott Fitzgerald, is more plaintive than Willa Cather in her evocation of the heartland and has a more supple control of satirical voice than Evelyn Waugh, the writer to whom she's most often compared." (Lisa Zeidner, The New York Times) For decades after her death, Dawn Powell's work was out of print, cherished by a small band of admirers. Only recently has there been renewed awareness of the novelist who was such a vital presence in literary Greenwich Village from the 1920s to the 1960s. Dawn Powell was the tirelessly observant chronicler of two very different worlds: the small-town Ohio of her childhood and the sophisticated Manhattan to which she gravitated. If her Ohio novels are more melancholy and compassionate in their depiction of often frustrated lives, her Manhattan novels, with their cast of writers, show people, businessmen, and hustling hangers-on, are more exuberant and incisive. But all show rich characterization and a flair for the gist of social complexities. A playful satirist, an unsentimental observer of failed hopes and misguided longings, Dawn Powell is a literary rediscovery of rare importance. Edited by Tim Page.

How long is Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126)?

Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126) by Dawn Powell is 1,096 pages long, and a total of 280,576 words.

This makes it 370% the length of the average book. It also has 343% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 25 hours and 33 minutes to read Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126) aloud.

What Reading Level is Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126)?

Dawn Powell: Novels 1930-1942 (LOA #126) 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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