How Long to Read Michener's South Pacific

How Long Does it Take to Read Michener's South Pacific?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Michener's South Pacific by Stephen J. May

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

Description

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, James A. Michener was an obscure textbook editor working in New York. Within three years, he was a naval officer stationed in the South Pacific. By the end of the decade, he was an accomplished author, well on the way to worldwide fame. Michener’s first novel, Tales of the South Pacific, won the Pulitzer Prize. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein used it as the basis for the Broadway musical South Pacific, which also won the Pulitzer. How this all came to be is the subject of Stephen May’s Michener’s South Pacific. An award-winning biographer of Michener, May was a featured interviewee on the fiftieth-anniversary DVD release of the film version of the musical. During taping, he realized there was much he didn’t know about how Michener’s experiences in the South Pacific shaped the man and led to his early work. May delves deeply into this formative and turbulent period in Michener’s life and career, using letters, journal entries, and naval records to examine how a reserved, middle-aged lieutenant known as "Prof" to his fellow officers became one of the most successful writers of the twentieth century.

How long is Michener's South Pacific?

Michener's South Pacific by Stephen J. May is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Michener's South Pacific Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Michener's South Pacific aloud.

What Reading Level is Michener's South Pacific?

Michener's South Pacific 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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