It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read Degas in New Orleans by Christopher Benfey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
00 Edgar Degas traveled from Paris to New Orleans during the fall of 1872 to visit the American branch of his mother's family, the Mussons. This war-torn, diverse, and conflicted city elicited from Degas some of his finest paintings. He arrived at a key moment in the cultural history of this most exotic of American cities, still recovering from the agony of the Civil War. This decisive period of Reconstruction, in which his American relatives were importantly involved, was also the time when the American writers Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable were beginning to mine the resources of...
Degas in New Orleans by Christopher Benfey is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.
This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Degas in New Orleans aloud.
Degas in New Orleans is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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