How Long to Read Journey to the Edge of the Night

How Long Does it Take to Read Journey to the Edge of the Night?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Journey to the Edge of the Night by Louis-Ferdiand Celine

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

Description

Picaresque novel, initiation novel, journey to the Edge of the Night, signed Louis-Ferdinand Céline, his real name Louis Destouches, was awarded the Renaudot Prize in 1932. Following a military parade, Ferdinand Bardamu enrolled in a regiment. Immersed in the Great War, he experiences the horror and the meeting with Robinson, whom he finds throughout his adventures. Wounded, repatriated, he saw the conflict from behind, torn between female conquests and fits of madness. Reformed, he sailed for Africa, worked in a colonial company. Sick, he went to the United States, met Molly, a prostitute with a big heart in Detroit while he was a chain worker. Back in France, doctor, installed in a dispensary in the suburbs, he is confronted with the sordid all comers of misery, at the same time that he meets here and there sublime beings of generosity, infinite delicacy, "a gaiety for the universe "...An anti-militaristic, anti-colonial and anti-capitalist epic, the sum of all of the author's experiences, journey to the Edge of the Night is peopled by poor wretches wandering around in a world where horror litigates it absurdly. But, at the end of this night, the journey lacks neither humor, nor dashing characters, female beauties "on the way to infinity". Essential text of the literature of the XXth century, it is sprinkled with scathing aphorisms, dynamited by colloquial, slang expressions, and a burst of syntax which makes Céline's reputation.

How long is Journey to the Edge of the Night?

Journey to the Edge of the Night by Louis-Ferdiand Celine is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Journey to the Edge of the Night Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Journey to the Edge of the Night aloud.

What Reading Level is Journey to the Edge of the Night?

Journey to the Edge of the Night 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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