It takes the average reader 14 hours and 27 minutes to read Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Snorri Sturluson tells us how scions of those descendants, the Swedish kings, colonised and subdued Norway, shire by shire, until King Harald Fairhair united the whole realm. The long line of his successors ruled Norway with varying fortunes, achieving, at one time, a far-flung dominion encompassing a major part of the British Isles and Denmark, besides the homeland. Great missionary kings, especially Olaf Haraldsson (who was later canonised and became the patron saint of Norway), introduced Christianity, and with...
Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson is 854 pages long, and a total of 216,916 words.
This makes it 288% the length of the average book. It also has 265% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 45 minutes to read Heimskringla aloud.
Heimskringla is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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