How Long to Read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

How Long Does it Take to Read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness by Mohit Kumar Ray

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

Description

Hastily Written In Pencil And Serialized In Blackwood S Magazine In 1899 As The Heart Of Darkness , And Later Published In Book Form In 1902, As Heart Of Darkness, The Sibylline Charm Of The Novel Has Established It As One Of The Most Important Canonical Texts Of British Literature. Critics Have Seen The Book As An Angry Document On Absurd And Brutal Exploitation (Guerard), Probably The Greatest Short Novel In English (Karl), An Annunciation Of The Savage God (Cox), An Adventure Story, An Early Instance Of Modern Fiction, An Existential Novel, And An Early Specimen Of New Historicism. The Novel Turns On A Double Paradox (Hillis Miller), And Addresses Itself Simultaneously To Europe S Exploitation Of Africa, The Primeval Human Situation, An Archaic Aspect Of The Mind S Structure And A Condition Of Moral Baseness (Parry). But At The Same Time The Novel Has Elicited An Angry Reaction From Chinua Achebe Who Calls Conrad, A Bloody Racist. The Present Study, One In The Series Of Atlantic Critical Studies, Attempts To Make A Close Reading Of The Novel, And Examines Its Various Aspects With Lucidity And Profundity, Never Losing, However, The Touch With The Reality Of The Academic Needs Of The Students Of English Literature.

How long is Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness?

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness by Mohit Kumar Ray is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness aloud.

What Reading Level is Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness?

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness 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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