How Long to Read Five Fictions in Search of Truth

How Long Does it Take to Read Five Fictions in Search of Truth?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Five Fictions in Search of Truth by Myra Jehlen

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

Description

Fiction, far from being the opposite of truth, is wholly bent on finding it out, and writing novels is a way to know the real world as objectively as possible. In Five Fictions in Search of Truth, Myra Jehlen develops this idea through readings of works by Flaubert, James, and Nabokov. She invokes Proust's famous search for lost memory as the exemplary literary process, which strives, whatever its materials, for a true knowledge. In Salammbô, Flaubert digs up Carthage; in The Ambassadors, James plumbs the examined life and touches at its limits; while in Lolita, Nabokov traces a search for...

How long is Five Fictions in Search of Truth?

Five Fictions in Search of Truth by Myra Jehlen is 182 pages long, and a total of 45,864 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Five Fictions in Search of Truth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Five Fictions in Search of Truth aloud.

What Reading Level is Five Fictions in Search of Truth?

Five Fictions in Search of Truth is suitable for students ages 10 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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