How Long to Read H.L. Mencken

How Long Does it Take to Read H.L. Mencken?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 41 minutes to read H.L. Mencken by Ernest Boyd

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

Description

The legendary H. L. Mencken exists solely in the minds of his hostile critics and his least intelligent admirers, who have derived their impression of him from his opponents rather than from himself. -from H. L. Mencken In this spirited exploration of the career of H. L. Mencken, Ernest Boyd looks at the controversial journalist and freethinker as an American and quintessential Baltimorean ("whenever he is guilty of the slightest treason against Baltimore, he hastens to make amends"), as a philosopher and contradictory defender of Nietzsche, and as a critic, "hard-working hedonist and champion of the plutocracy, romantic survivor of the age of American innocence." Boyd leaves no doubt as to why Mencken is considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. American author ERNEST BOYD (1887-1946) was born in Dublin but began his literary career in New York City in 1920. Among his works of commentary, criticism, and translation Portraits, Real and Imaginary (1924), Guy de Maupassant (1926), and Literary Blasphemies (1927).

How long is H.L. Mencken?

H.L. Mencken by Ernest Boyd is 101 pages long, and a total of 25,351 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read H.L. Mencken Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 18 minutes to read H.L. Mencken aloud.

What Reading Level is H.L. Mencken?

H.L. Mencken 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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