How Long to Read Melville and Repose

How Long Does it Take to Read Melville and Repose?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Melville and Repose by John Bryant

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

Description

John Bryant's book is a strong and significant argument for the centrality of the comic and repose in Melville's novels. The purpose of Melville and Repose is dual: to ground the uses of romantic humor in Melville in sensitive readings of contemporaneous European and American writings, and to offer a definitive account of the comic as the shaping force of Melville's narrative voice throughout the major phase of his literary career. Bryant argues that Melville fused a "rhetoric of geniality" and "picturesque sensibility" adopted from the British with a "rhetoric of deceit" borrowed from the...

How long is Melville and Repose?

Melville and Repose by John Bryant is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Melville and Repose Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Melville and Repose aloud.

What Reading Level is Melville and Repose?

Melville and Repose 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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