It takes the average reader 13 hours and 12 minutes to read History by Elsa Morante
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
History was written nearly thirty years after Elsa Morante and Alberto Moravia spent a year in hiding among remote farming villages in the mountains south of Rome. There she witnessed the full impact of the war and first formed the ambition to write an account of what history - the great political events driven by men of power, wealth, and ambition - does when it reaches the realm of ordinary people struggling for life and bread. The central character in this powerful and unforgiving novel is Ida Mancuso, a schoolteacher whose husband has died and whose feckless teenage son treats the war as...
History by Elsa Morante is 768 pages long, and a total of 198,144 words.
This makes it 259% the length of the average book. It also has 242% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 2 minutes to read History aloud.
History is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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