It takes the average reader 15 hours and 19 minutes to read From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun
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Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the double light of its own time and our pressing concerns. He introduces characters and incidents with his unusual literary style and grace, bringing to the fore those that have "Puritans as Democrats," "The Monarch's...
From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun is 912 pages long, and a total of 229,824 words.
This makes it 308% the length of the average book. It also has 281% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 20 hours and 55 minutes to read From Dawn to Decadence aloud.
From Dawn to Decadence is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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