How Long to Read Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies

How Long Does it Take to Read Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies by Stuart M. Tave

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

Description

Through dreams and shadows and strangeness, through blinding charms and eye-opening counter-charms, through moments of mortification and laughter—thus Stuart M. Tave traces the journey of the lovers, clowns, and fairies who populate comedies from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Waiting for Godot. Tave avoids the pitfalls of theory, taking instead a close look at particular works to give us a sense of the relations between certain dramas and novels that are called comedies. The result is a wonderfully readable book that renews our delight in the enchanting possibilities of literature. A Midsummer Night's Dream, in its "perfection," is Tave's point of departure. Its characters fall neatly into the three groups of Tave's title and fulfill to perfection their functions of desire, foolishness, and power. From the magical concord of Shakespeare's resolution, Tave moves to works whose character face ever greater difficulties in reaching a happy conclusion. From Jonson and Austen to Chekhov and Beckett, he meets comedies on their own terms, illuminating the complex and individual genius of each. A masterpiece of practical criticism, Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies rediscovers the pleasure of reading comedies.

How long is Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies?

Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies by Stuart M. Tave is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies aloud.

What Reading Level is Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies?

Lovers, Clowns, and Fairies 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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