How Long to Read Life and Adventures of Jack Engle

How Long Does it Take to Read Life and Adventures of Jack Engle?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 1 minute to read Life and Adventures of Jack Engle by Walt Whitman

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

Description

In 1852, young Walt Whitman—a down-on-his-luck housebuilder in Brooklyn—was hard at work writing two books. One would become one of the most famous volumes of poetry in American history, a free-verse revelation beloved the world over, Leaves of Grass. The other, a novel, would be published under a pseudonym and serialized in a newspaper. A short, rollicking story of orphanhood, avarice, and adventure in New York City, Life and Adventures of Jack Engle appeared to little fanfare. Then it disappeared. No one laid eyes on it until 2016, when literary scholar Zachary Turpin, University of Houston, followed a paper trail deep into the Library of Congress, where the sole surviving copy of Jack Engle has lain waiting for generations. Now, after more than 160 years, the University of Iowa Press is honored to reprint this lost work, restoring a missing piece of American literature by one of the world’s greatest authors, written as he verged on immortality.

How long is Life and Adventures of Jack Engle?

Life and Adventures of Jack Engle by Walt Whitman is 181 pages long, and a total of 45,431 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life and Adventures of Jack Engle Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 8 minutes to read Life and Adventures of Jack Engle aloud.

What Reading Level is Life and Adventures of Jack Engle?

Life and Adventures of Jack Engle is suitable for students ages 10 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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