How Long to Read Last Days of Pompeii

How Long Does it Take to Read Last Days of Pompeii?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Last Days of Pompeii by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton

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

Description

Last Days of Pompeii - Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton - The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. The novel was inspired by the painting The Last Day of Pompeii by the Russian painter Karl Briullov, which Bulwer-Lytton had seen in Milan. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends. The protagonist, Glaucus, represents the Greeks who have been subordinated by Rome, and his nemesis Arbaces the still older culture of Egypt. Olinthus is the chief representative of the nascent Christian religion, which is presented favourably but not uncritically. The Witch of Vesuvius, though she has no supernatural powers, shows Bulwer-Lytton's interest in the occult a theme which would emerge in his later writing, particularly The Coming Race.

How long is Last Days of Pompeii?

Last Days of Pompeii by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton is 475 pages long, and a total of 121,125 words.

This makes it 160% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Last Days of Pompeii Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 1 minute to read Last Days of Pompeii aloud.

What Reading Level is Last Days of Pompeii?

Last Days of Pompeii is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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