It takes the average reader 10 hours and 27 minutes to read Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Both a deeply compelling bestselling novel and an epic milestone of American literature. Originally published in 1952 as the first novel by a then unknown author, it remained on the bestseller list for sixteen weeks, won the National Book Award for fiction, and established Ralph Ellison as one of the key writers of the century. The book's nameless narrator describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", before retreating amid violence and...
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is 608 pages long, and a total of 156,864 words.
This makes it 205% the length of the average book. It also has 192% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 17 minutes to read Invisible Man aloud.
Invisible Man is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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