It takes the average reader 8 hours and 7 minutes to read Hung Lou Meng by Cao Xueqin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
VOLUME II of II: This translation was suggested not by any pretensions to range myself among the ranks of the body of sinologues, but by the perplexities and difficulties experienced by me as a student in Peking, when, at the completion of the Tzu Erh Chi, I had to plunge in the maze of the Hung Lou Meng. Shortcomings are, I feel sure, to be discovered, both in the prose, as well as among the doggerel and uncouth rhymes, in which the text has been more adhered to than rhythm; but I shall feel satisfied with the result, if I succeed, even in the least degree, in affording a helping hand to...
Hung Lou Meng by Cao Xueqin is 476 pages long, and a total of 121,856 words.
This makes it 161% the length of the average book. It also has 149% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 5 minutes to read Hung Lou Meng aloud.
Hung Lou Meng is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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