How Long to Read Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays

How Long Does it Take to Read Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays by William Max Nelson

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

Description

A collection of essays by the winner and the five finalists of the prestigious Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize 2017 Covering an array of subjects, from the meaning of art to supermarket shopping, these pieces were chosen for their originality, literary style, and above all, their ability to persuade. The judges awarded the first prize to “Five Ways of Being a Painting” by William Max Nelson for “its curious mix of the philosophical and the personal, the argumentative and the ruminative, that makes it a real essay.” The biennial Notting Hill Editions Essay Prize is open to all essays written in English of between 2,000 and 8,000 words, on any subject. The first prize is £20,000 and five runners up each receive £1,000, making it the richest non-fiction prize in the world. The judges of the 2017 prize were: Kirsty Gunn, essayist and novelist; Daniel Mendelsohn, essayist, memoirist and critic; Sameer Rahim, Arts & Books Editor of Prospect; and Rosalind Porter, Deputy Editor of Granta Magazine. The winner of the inaugural prize was Michael Ignatieff, with his essay on Raphael Lemkin and genocide; the 2015 prize was won by the African American author David Bradley with his essay on the use of the word “nigger.” Essays by runners-up Laura Esther Wolfson, Garret Keizer, Karen Holmberg, Patrick McGuinness, Dasha Shkurpela are included.

How long is Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays?

Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays by William Max Nelson is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays aloud.

What Reading Level is Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays?

Five Ways of Being a Painting and Other Essays 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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