It takes the average reader and 28 minutes to read Footprints on the Sea-Shore by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"[...]the sand without the certainty that, almost ere the sky has looked upon them, the sea will wash them out. Stir not hence till the record be effaced. Now-for there is room enough on your canvas-draw huge faces, -huge as that of the Sphinx on Egyptian sands, -and fit them with bodies of corresponding immensity, and legs which might stride half-way to yonder island. Child's play becomes magnificent on so grand a scale. But, after all, the most fascinating employment is simply to write your name in the sand. Draw the letters gigantic, so that two strides may barely measure them, and three for the long strokes! Cut deep, that the record may be permanent! Statesmen, and warriors, and poets have spent their strength in no better cause than this. Is it accomplished? Return, then, in an hour or two, and seek for [...]
Footprints on the Sea-Shore by Nathaniel Hawthorne is 28 pages long, and a total of 7,224 words.
This makes it 9% the length of the average book. It also has 9% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 39 minutes to read Footprints on the Sea-Shore aloud.
Footprints on the Sea-Shore is suitable for students ages 8 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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