It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Laughing Shall I Die by Tom Shippey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway...
Laughing Shall I Die by Tom Shippey is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.
This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read Laughing Shall I Die aloud.
Laughing Shall I Die is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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