It takes the average reader 1 hour and 5 minutes to read King-Hunger by Leonid Andreyev
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The drama King-Hunger deals with the most powerful king on earth - ?King-Hunger? - because the earth is replete with suffering: cities, shops, mines, factories and fields resound with the moans and groans of the people. Their agony is unbearable. Originally published in 1907, this is often considered to be Andreyev?s strongest dramatic work.Between the two Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 Leonid Andreyev was without a doubt the foremost writer in Russia. His name was always spoken with veneration, in mysterious whispers, as a grim portentous magician who descended into the ultimate depths of the nether side of life and fathomed the beauty and tragedy of the struggle. Leonid Nickolayevitch was born in the province of Oryol, in 1871, and studied law at the University of Moscow. Those were days of suffering and starvation; he gazed into the abyss of sorrow and despair. In January 1894 he made an unsuccessful attempt to kill himself by shooting, and then was forced by the authorities to severe penitence, which augmented the natural morbidness of his temperament. As a lawyer his career was short-lived, and he soon abandoned it for literature, beginning as a police-court reporter on the Moscow Courier.In 1902 he published the short story In the Fog, which for the first time brought him universal recognition. He was imprisoned during the revolution of 1905, together with Maxim Gorky, on political charges. Such are the few significant details of his personal life, for the true Andreyev is entirely in his stories and plays.
King-Hunger by Leonid Andreyev is 64 pages long, and a total of 16,256 words.
This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 20% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 28 minutes to read King-Hunger aloud.
King-Hunger is suitable for students ages 8 and up.
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