How Long to Read Kallocain

By Karin Boye

How Long Does it Take to Read Kallocain?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Kallocain by Karin Boye

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

Description

This is a novel of the future, profoundly sinister in its vision of a drab terror. Ironic and detached, the author shows us the totalitarian World-state through the eyes of a product of that state, scientist Leo Kall. Kall has invented a drug, kallocain, which denies the privacy of thought and is the final step towards the transmutation of the individual human being into a "happy, healthy cell in the state organism." For, says Leo, "from thoughts and feelings, words and actions are born. How then could these thoughts and feelings belong to the individual? Doesn't the whole fellow-soldier...

How long is Kallocain?

Kallocain by Karin Boye is 193 pages long, and a total of 48,829 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Kallocain Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Kallocain aloud.

What Reading Level is Kallocain?

Kallocain is suitable for students ages 10 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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