How Long to Read In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated

How Long Does it Take to Read In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated by Robert Chambers

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

Description

This book is a collection of five stories hunting for strange animals and the supernatural. They are vaguely linked by a frame narrative (our protagonist is sent to help secure an odd creature) and similar structure (our protagonist falls in love and fails to win the heart of the source of his infatuation). It's clear that Chambers mainly wrote romances, as that crept in quite distinctly. However, the character of the protagonist is not entirely consistent, leading us to determine that not all these were written at the same time. Like swimming squirrels, IN SEARCH OF THE UNKNOWN navigates with the help of Heaven and a stiff breeze, but it never lands where it hopes to.The first segment, also known as THE HARBOUR MASTER, sends our protagonist off to retrieve some great auks, believed to be extinct. While there, he is also to investigate reports of a strange amphibious humanoid. The book soars when the characters are wild and unpredictable. A true delight is the rivalry between our protagonist and the grumpy old man he is sent to negotiate with over the purchase of the auks. The quests for thimbles are a delicious metaphor with many folds available for interpretation. The atmosphere was good and I can see how this was an inspirational document for The Creature from the Black Lagoon.I thoroughly enjoy that Chambers hangs a lantern on the central conceit and then whimsically blusters about the seriousness of the tales. "As I say, I had only just returned from Java with a valuable collection of undescribed isopods--an order of edriophthalmous crustaceans with seven free thoracic somites furnished with fourteen legs--and I beg my reader's pardon, but my reader will see the necessity for the author's absolute accuracy in insisting on detail, because the story that follows is a dangerous story for a scientist to tell, in view of the vast amount of nonsense and fiction in circulation masquerading as stories of scientific adventure." The second story was less compelling and less creepy. It is very similar to the frame of the first, with our protagonist being sent off to find a dingue and a wooly mammoth.

How long is In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated?

In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated by Robert Chambers is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated aloud.

What Reading Level is In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated?

In Search of the Unknown by Robert William Chambers Annotated 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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