How Long to Read Decadence: A Very Short Introduction

How Long Does it Take to Read Decadence: A Very Short Introduction?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Decadence: A Very Short Introduction by David Weir

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Description

The history of decadent culture runs from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century Paris, Victorian London, fin de siècle Vienna, Weimar Berlin, and beyond. The decline of Rome provides the pattern for both aesthetic and social decadence, a pattern that artists and writers in the nineteenth century imitated, emulated, parodied, and otherwise manipulated for aesthetic gain. What begins as the moral condemnation of modernity in mid-nineteenth century France on the part of decadent authors such as Charles Baudelaire ends up as the perverse celebration of the pessimism that accompanies imperial...

How long is Decadence: A Very Short Introduction?

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction by David Weir is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Decadence: A Very Short Introduction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Decadence: A Very Short Introduction aloud.

What Reading Level is Decadence: A Very Short Introduction?

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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