How Long to Read Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time

How Long Does it Take to Read Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 11 minutes to read Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time by Siegfried Kracauer

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Description

A biography of composer Jacques Offenbach that is also a social and cultural history of Second Empire Paris. Siegfried Kracauer's biography of the composer Jacques Offenbach is a remarkable work of social and cultural history. First published in German in 1937 and in English translation in 1938, the book uses the life and work of Offenbach as a focal point for a broad and penetrating portrayal of Second Empire Paris. Offenbach's immensely popular operettas have long been seen as part of the larger historical amnesia and escapism that pervaded Paris in the aftermath of 1848. But Kracauer insists that Offenbach's productions must be understood as more than glittering distractions. The fantasy realms of such operettas as La Belle Hélène were as one with the unreality of Napoleon III's imperial masquerade, but they also made a mockery of the pomp and pretense surrounding the apparatuses of power. At the same time, Offenbach's dreamworlds were embedded with a layer of utopian content that can be seen as an indictment of the fraudulence and corruption of the times. This edition includes Kracauer's preface to the original German edition as well as a critical foreword by Gertrud Koch.

How long is Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time?

Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time by Siegfried Kracauer is 418 pages long, and a total of 107,844 words.

This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 49 minutes to read Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time aloud.

What Reading Level is Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time?

Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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