How Long to Read Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 33 minutes to read Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39 by Benjamin Britten

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

Description

Volume One of these remarkable letters and diaries opens with a letter from Britten aged nine to his formidable mother, Edith. Music is already at the centre of his life, and it accompanies him through prep and public school and then to London to the Royal College of Music, where the phenomenally gifted but inexperienced young composer is plunged into metropolitan life and makes influential new friends, among them W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood. This was a time of prodigious musical creativity, a growing awareness of his sexuality, and the dawning of his political convictions. Most importantly, during this period Britten met Peter Pears and established the musical and personal relationship that was to last a lifetime. Volume One comes to a close in May 1939, when Britten, accompanied by Pears, departs for North America.The letters and diaries in this illuminating first volume and its successor are supplemented by the editors' detailed commentary and by exhaustive contemporary documentation. Together they constitute a comprehensive portrait not only of the composer but of an age.

How long is Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39?

Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39 by Benjamin Britten is 788 pages long, and a total of 203,304 words.

This makes it 266% the length of the average book. It also has 248% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 30 minutes to read Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39 aloud.

What Reading Level is Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39?

Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923-39 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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