How Long to Read Lives in Parallel

How Long Does it Take to Read Lives in Parallel?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 39 minutes to read Lives in Parallel by Fred Clarke

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

Description

Contained within these pages are two biographies told in alternating chapters by the single voice of one biographer. The life stories of a Jewish slave girl thriving in The Roman Empire and a farm boy discovering a larger world are entwined. Both will use philosophy to question religion, and each will discover the same answer. This fiction novel tells of two individuals separated by nineteen hundred years. Their life's experiences are vastly different, but they find surprising parallels in their philosophical and religious beliefs. The household of the famous Greek author and philosopher Plutarch from the 1ST century provides one setting, and a Canadian farm in the twentieth century gives us the other. Religious practices by ancient peoples are described from experiences of a common person in everyday life. The slave girl Lectra flourishes in this setting, using a strong will and a brilliant mind to unravel and expose the myths behind the beliefs of the Roman world. She discovers how to use the clear thinking of Greek philosophers to explain her confusing world. Many centuries later a prairie farm boy commences his search for rational answers in his religious world. His life's path will lead him far and wide, first to a military adventure and later an airline and farming career. However, he never escapes his atheism. Like Lectra he will study and use philosophy to aid his search. Unlike Lectra he will have the help of modern day science to aide in his search. They both find their long sought answer and are at peace with it.

How long is Lives in Parallel?

Lives in Parallel by Fred Clarke is 334 pages long, and a total of 84,836 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lives in Parallel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 43 minutes to read Lives in Parallel aloud.

What Reading Level is Lives in Parallel?

Lives in Parallel 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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