How Long to Read Finnegans Wakes

How Long Does it Take to Read Finnegans Wakes?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 12 minutes to read Finnegans Wakes by Patrick O'Neill

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

Description

James Joyce's astonishing final text, Finnegans Wake (1939), is universally acknowledged to be entirely untranslatable. And yet, no fewer than fifteen complete renderings of the 628-page text exist to date, in twelve different languages altogether – and at least ten further complete renderings have been announced as underway for publication in the early 2020s, in nine different languages. Finnegans Wakes delineates, for the first time in any language, the international history of these renderings and discusses the multiple issues faced by translators. The book also comments on partial and fragmentary renderings from some thirty languages altogether, including such perhaps unexpected languages as Galician, Guarani, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, and Irish, not to mention Latin and Ancient Egyptian. Excerpts from individual renderings are analysed in detail, together with brief biographical notes on numerous individual translators. Chronicling renderings spanning multiple decades, Finnegans Wakes illustrates the capacity of Joyce's final text to generate an inexhaustible multiplicity of possible meanings among the ever-increasing number of its impossible translations.

How long is Finnegans Wakes?

Finnegans Wakes by Patrick O'Neill is 311 pages long, and a total of 78,061 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Finnegans Wakes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 6 minutes to read Finnegans Wakes aloud.

What Reading Level is Finnegans Wakes?

Finnegans Wakes 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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