How Long to Read Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism

How Long Does it Take to Read Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick

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

Description

A fascinating examination of the ambitions and friendships of a talented group of midcentury women artists Farewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five female friendships among the Surrealists to show how Surrealism, female friendship, and the experiences of war, loss, and trauma shaped individual women’s transitions from...

How long is Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism?

Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism aloud.

What Reading Level is Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism?

Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism 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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