How Long to Read Gargantua and Pantagruel

How Long Does it Take to Read Gargantua and Pantagruel?

It takes the average reader 17 hours and 25 minutes to read Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais

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

Description

The dazzling and exuberant moral stories of Rabelais (c. 1471-1553) expose human follies with their mischievous and often obscene humour, while intertwining the realistic with carnivalesque fantasy to make us look afresh at the world. Gargantua depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors, who is rescued and turned into a cultured Christian knight. And in Pantagruel and its three sequels, Rabelais parodied tall tales of chivalry and satirized the law, theology and academia to portray the bookish...

How long is Gargantua and Pantagruel?

Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais is 1,041 pages long, and a total of 261,291 words.

This makes it 351% the length of the average book. It also has 319% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gargantua and Pantagruel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 23 hours and 47 minutes to read Gargantua and Pantagruel aloud.

What Reading Level is Gargantua and Pantagruel?

Gargantua and Pantagruel 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.

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