How Long to Read Invitation to a Beheading

How Long Does it Take to Read Invitation to a Beheading?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

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

Description

Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers, an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws, who lug their furniture with them into his cell. When Cincinnatus is led out to be executed, he simply wills his executioners out of existence: they disappear,...

How long is Invitation to a Beheading?

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Invitation to a Beheading Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Invitation to a Beheading aloud.

What Reading Level is Invitation to a Beheading?

Invitation to a Beheading 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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