How Long to Read Dead Souls

How Long Does it Take to Read Dead Souls?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 36 minutes to read Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

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

Description

One of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisy Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowners to make each a strange offer. He proposes to buy the names of dead serfs still registered on the census, saving their owners from paying tax on them, and to use these “souls” as collateral to reinvent himself as a gentleman. In this ebullient masterpiece, Gogol created a grotesque gallery of human types, from the bear-like Sobakevich to the insubstantial fool Manilov, and, above all, the...

How long is Dead Souls?

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol is 512 pages long, and a total of 129,024 words.

This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dead Souls Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 45 minutes to read Dead Souls aloud.

What Reading Level is Dead Souls?

Dead Souls 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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