How Long to Read Ghost & Other Sonnets

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghost & Other Sonnets?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 20 minutes to read Ghost & Other Sonnets by Geraldine Monk

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

Description

Ghost & Other Sonnets will disturb and delight. Divided into three sections the sequence begins with the Ghost Sonnets. Using traditional ghost narratives Monk condenses them into the tightly controlled sonnet form and twists them into something totally new. Aficionados of ghost stories will revel in this reinvention of a popular genre. In the second section, & Sonnets there is a drastic mood change as personal experience and harrowing news items root the poems into the mundane world of everyday existence. Some of these poems delves into the dark reality of ‘unnatural’ happenings: the tragedies of the Beslan massacre or the Chinese cockle pickers whilst others rescue the banal and sweep it off into the realms of the fantastical. The final section, Other Sonnets inhabits the cusp between Ghost and &. Here chance and inexplicable coincidence meet in the ghostly multiplications of language.Working within the conventional form of the sonnet this sequence is on the surface one of Monk’s most accessible works but the simplicity is deceptive as each poem shifts and veers into unexpected complexity. Words shimmy down the page to their unpredictable conclusion leaving the reader delighted, disconcerted and baffled. Monk brings together disparate strands of uncertainty in a fragile world and she does it with her usual tenderness, ferocity and humour.

How long is Ghost & Other Sonnets?

Ghost & Other Sonnets by Geraldine Monk is 80 pages long, and a total of 20,000 words.

This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghost & Other Sonnets Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 49 minutes to read Ghost & Other Sonnets aloud.

What Reading Level is Ghost & Other Sonnets?

Ghost & Other Sonnets 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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