How Long to Read Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder

How Long Does it Take to Read Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 57 minutes to read Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder by Bettina L. Knapp

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

Description

To trace the life of Marie Dorval through the turbulences and exhilarations of her epoch is to engage not just with the genesis and the full flowering of a rare theatrical genius but also with the teeming literary, emotional, economic and material dramas in which such a genius is implacably embroiled. Dumas, Vigny, Hugo, Sand, Gautier and many others mingle their creative and affective energies with Dorval’s in a ceaseless dynamic interplay. But to read Bettina Knapp’s exceptional story is to realize too the so easily overlooked backcloth to life in Marie Dorval’s times: poverty, the need to will one’s survival, unimaginably trying circumstances in which theatre is performed, whether in the provinces or in Paris. And the account that follows further seeks, upon this at once intimate and societal canvas, to give us some real insight into the uniqueness of Dorval’s acting techniques, simultaneously instinctive, viscerally natural, and learned, studied, though more from life than instruction. A book for actors, indeed; but a book, too, for lovers of the theatre and, beyond that, of the sheer improbable drama of existence.

How long is Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder?

Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder by Bettina L. Knapp is 234 pages long, and a total of 59,436 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 24 minutes to read Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder aloud.

What Reading Level is Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder?

Marie Dorval: France's Theatrical Wonder 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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