How Long to Read Discomfort Food

How Long Does it Take to Read Discomfort Food?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Discomfort Food by Marni Reva Kessler

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

Description

An intricate and provocative journey through nineteenth-century depictions of food and the often uncomfortable feelings they evoke At a time when chefs are celebrities and beautifully illustrated cookbooks, blogs, and Instagram posts make our mouths water, scholar Marni Reva Kessler trains her inquisitive eye on the depictions of food in nineteenth-century French art. Arguing that disjointed senses of anxiety, nostalgia, and melancholy underlie the superficial abundance in works by Manet, Degas, and others, Kessler shows how, in their images, food presented a spectrum of pleasure and unease...

How long is Discomfort Food?

Discomfort Food by Marni Reva Kessler is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Discomfort Food Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Discomfort Food aloud.

What Reading Level is Discomfort Food?

Discomfort Food 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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