It takes the average reader 677 hours and 52 minutes to read Delphi Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction (Illustrated) by Charles W. Eliot
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Regarded by many as the most comprehensive anthology of all time, ‘The Harvard Classics’ was first published in 1909 under the supervision of the Harvard president Charles W. Eliot. An esteemed academic, Eliot had argued that the elements of a liberal education could be gained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. The publisher P. F. Collier challenged Eliot to make good on this statement and ‘Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf’ was the result. Eight years later Eliot added a further 20 volumes as a sub-collection titled ‘The Harvard...
Delphi Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction (Illustrated) by Charles W. Eliot is 39,875 pages long, and a total of 10,168,125 words.
This makes it 13457% the length of the average book. It also has 12426% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 926 hours and 3 minutes to read Delphi Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction (Illustrated) aloud.
Delphi Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction (Illustrated) 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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