It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read Lanterns on the Levee by William Alexander Percy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his lifetime (1885--1942) was brought face to face with the convulsions of a changing world. Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. In describing life in the Mississippi Delta, Percy bridges the interval between the semifeudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his life -- although his life was exciting and...
Lanterns on the Levee by William Alexander Percy is 376 pages long, and a total of 96,256 words.
This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 45 minutes to read Lanterns on the Levee aloud.
Lanterns on the Levee is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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