How Long to Read Melancholy

How Long Does it Take to Read Melancholy?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 48 minutes to read Melancholy by Jon Fosse

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

Description

Lars Hertervig is a provincial young Norwegian from a poor Quaker background, studying art in Germany and prone to crippling insecurities, sexual obsessions, and terrifying hallucinations. In prose as hypnotic as Beckett's or Bernhard's - but earthier, and funnier - the novel describes a single day of crisis and its repercussions, years later for Lars himself and a century later for a writer inspired by Hertervig's vision. Melancholy takes us deep inside a painter's fragile consciousness, vulnerable to everything but therefore uniquely able to see its beauty and its light.

How long is Melancholy?

Melancholy by Jon Fosse is 284 pages long, and a total of 72,136 words.

This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Melancholy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read Melancholy aloud.

What Reading Level is Melancholy?

Melancholy 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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