How Long to Read Goethe: Life as a Work of Art

How Long Does it Take to Read Goethe: Life as a Work of Art?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 55 minutes to read Goethe: Life as a Work of Art by Rüdiger Safranski

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

Description

This “splendid biography” (Wall Street Journal) of Goethe presents his life and work as an essential touchstone for the modern age. A masterful intellectual portrait, Goethe: Life as a Work of Art is celebrated as the seminal twenty-first-century biography of the writer considered to be the Shakespeare of German literature. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), a remarkably prolific poet, playwright, novelist, and—as Rüdiger Safranksi emphasizes—a statesman and naturalist, first awakened not only a burgeoning German nation but the European continent with his electrifying novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Safranski has scoured Goethe’s entire oeuvre, relying exclusively on primary sources, including his correspondence with contemporaries, to produce a “fresh and authentic” (Economist) portrait of the avatar of the Romantic era. Skillfully blending “artistic analysis with swift, sharp renderings” of the great political and intellectual figures Goethe encountered, “[Safranski’s] portrait of the prolific genius leaves the reader with lasting awe, even envy” of a monumental legacy (The New Yorker). As Safranski ultimately shows, Goethe’s greatest creation, even in comparison to his masterpiece Faust, was his own life.

How long is Goethe: Life as a Work of Art?

Goethe: Life as a Work of Art by Rüdiger Safranski is 704 pages long, and a total of 178,816 words.

This makes it 238% the length of the average book. It also has 219% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Goethe: Life as a Work of Art Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 17 minutes to read Goethe: Life as a Work of Art aloud.

What Reading Level is Goethe: Life as a Work of Art?

Goethe: Life as a Work of Art 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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