It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Lastingness by Nicholas Delbanco
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
One of the country's leading literary scholars, explores the fascinating question of why some people's creative talents flourish with age while others' fade. America grows older yet stays focused on its young. Whatever hill we try to climb, we're "over" it by fifty and should that hill involve entertainment or athletics we're finished long before. And if younger is better, it doesn't appear that youngest is best: we want our teachers, doctors, generals, and presidents to have reached a certain age. In context after context and contest after contest, we're more than a little conflicted about...
Lastingness by Nicholas Delbanco is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Lastingness aloud.
Lastingness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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