How Long to Read How Fiction Works

How Long Does it Take to Read How Fiction Works?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read How Fiction Works by James Wood

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

Description

What makes a story a story? What is style? What's the connection between realism and real life? These are some of the questions James Wood answers in How Fiction Works, the first book-length essay by the preeminent critic of his generation. Ranging widely—from Homer to David Foster Wallace, from What Maisie Knew to Make Way for Ducklings—Wood takes the reader through the basic elements of the art, step by step. The result is nothing less than a philosophy of the novel—plainspoken, funny, blunt—in the traditions of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Strunk and White's The Elements of...

How long is How Fiction Works?

How Fiction Works by James Wood is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Fiction Works Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read How Fiction Works aloud.

What Reading Level is How Fiction Works?

How Fiction Works 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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