How Long to Read Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition)

By Rainer Maria Rilke

How Long Does it Take to Read Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition)?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition) by Rainer Maria Rilke

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

Description

One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German. We have a marvelous, almost legendary, image of the circumstances in which the composition of this great poem began. Rilke was staying at a castle (Duino) on the sea near Trieste. One morning he walked out on the battlements and climbed down to where the rocks dropped sharply to the sea. From out of the wind, which was blowing with great force, Rilke seemed to hear a voice: Wer, wenn ich schriee, horte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen? (If I cried out, who would hear me up there, among...

How long is Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition)?

Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition) by Rainer Maria Rilke is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition) aloud.

What Reading Level is Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition)?

Duino Elegies (Bilingual Edition) 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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