How Long to Read Henry David Thoreau

How Long Does it Take to Read Henry David Thoreau?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 29 minutes to read Henry David Thoreau by Laura Dassow Walls

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

Description

"[The author] traces the full arc of Thoreau’s life, from his early days in the intellectual hothouse of Concord, when the American experiment still felt fresh and precarious, and 'America was a family affair, earned by one generation and about to pass to the next.' By the time he died in 1862, at only forty-four years of age, Thoreau had witnessed the transformation of his world from a community of farmers and artisans into a bustling, interconnected commercial nation. What did that portend for the contemplative individual and abundant, wild nature that Thoreau celebrated? Drawing on Thoreau’s copious writings, published and unpublished, [the author] presents a Thoreau vigorously alive in all his quirks and contradictions: the young man shattered by the sudden death of his brother; the ambitious Harvard College student; the ecstatic visionary who closed Walden with an account of the regenerative power of the Cosmos. We meet the man whose belief in human freedom and the value of labor made him an uncompromising abolitionist; the solitary walker who found society in nature, but also found his own nature in the society of which he was a deeply interwoven part. And, running through it all, Thoreau the passionate naturalist, who, long before the age of environmentalism, saw tragedy for future generations in the human heedlessness around him."--

How long is Henry David Thoreau?

Henry David Thoreau by Laura Dassow Walls is 668 pages long, and a total of 172,344 words.

This makes it 225% the length of the average book. It also has 211% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Henry David Thoreau Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 41 minutes to read Henry David Thoreau aloud.

What Reading Level is Henry David Thoreau?

Henry David Thoreau 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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